By Herp News Electronic Arts Inc. is still experiencing a number of problems with its EA online service after a DDoS attack late Sunday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Chameleons are an unmistakable family of wonderfully bizarre reptiles. They sport long, shooting tongues; oddly-shaped horns or crests; and a prehensile tail like a monkey’s. But, chameleons are most known for their astonishing ability to change the color of their skin. Now, a update of the IUCN Red List finds that this […]

By Herp News A Philippine court has found nine Chinese fishermen guilty of poaching and environmental crimes for fishing in disputed waters. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Maestro PMS™ Enterprise Property Management announced the Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's fabled North Shore implemented the Maestro iPad Xpress Check-In to pamper guests with personalized service from the moment they arrive. Maestro's mobile iPad solution is fully-integrated with Maestro PMS and updated in real time to perform all aspects of front […]

By Herp News A team of scientists has reconstructed a detailed ‘tree of life’ for turtles. Next generation sequencing technologies have generated unprecedented amounts of genetic information for a thrilling new look at turtles’ evolutionary history. Scientists place turtles in the newly named group ‘Archelosauria’ with their closest relatives: birds, crocodiles, and dinosaurs. Go to […]

By Herp News A team of scientists has reconstructed a detailed ‘tree of life’ for turtles. Next generation sequencing technologies have generated unprecedented amounts of genetic information for a thrilling new look at turtles’ evolutionary history. Scientists place turtles in the newly named group ‘Archelosauria’ with their closest relatives: birds, crocodiles, and dinosaurs. Go to […]

By Herp News South Africa has surpassed last year’s grisly record for slaughtered rhinos—1,004—more than a month before the year ends. In an announcement on November 20th, the South African Department of Environmental Affairs said that 1,020 rhinos had been killed to date. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]

By Herp News ( California Academy of Sciences ) A team of scientists, including researchers from the California Academy of Sciences, has reconstructed a detailed 'tree of life' for turtles. Next generation sequencing technologies in Academy labs have generated unprecedented amounts of genetic information for a thrilling new look at turtles' evolutionary history. Authors place […]

By Herp News Do parents defend their offspring whenever necessary, and do self-sacrificing parents really exist? To answer this question, researchers examined defense behaviors of parent blue tits. They investigated whether birds would risk everything to protect their young from predators. Their conclusion: parents weigh the risks. It is not only the risk to the […]

Dragging some old 4×4 fenceposts for the first pen I used a saw to cut them down to four 40-inch lengths. Using our recently purchased auger, I dug out four holes spaced 8 feet apart as four corners of my square pen. Dug down approximately 18 inches, we wanted our posts to stick up 22 […]

School children in Ireland spent time handling Rascal the Burmese python at the Reptile Conservation Zoo. From the Independent: The scary encounter was to celebrate the launch of the zoo’s search for an Irish Junior Conservation Hero. The new initiative is to help raise awareness about the rapid rate of extinction that is wiping out […]

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By Herp News MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A loggerhead sea turtle named Sapphire is getting ready for a cross-country trip on Thursday to a permanent home in Southern California after convalescing for more than a year at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]