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By Herp News The signs mark an area where turtles of various species are killed by vehicles as they try to cross a busy road on the northern edge of the Wabashiki Fish and Wildlife Area. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News LA JOLLA, Calif. — For the first time ever, the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography welcome a rescued sea turtle to its collection of marine life. After a cross-country flight the young loggerhead turtle, weighing nearly 100 pounds, landed in San Diego Wednesday night. “Just last night we flew in […]

By Herp News A genome of a rare species of tapeworm found living inside a patient’s brain has been sequenced for the first time. The study provides insights into potential drug targets within the genome for future treatments. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Crews put up 'Turtle Crossing' signs along road where vehicles hit many in Indiana Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A 40-pound sea turtle is headed back to the open water after successfully being treated for red tide. The turtle was found in bad shape on Marco island two weeks ago and was the first patient treated by CROW for red tide this season. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News For the first time, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, welcomed a rescued and rehabilitated sea turtle to its collection of marine life. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

The distribution of the Escambia map turtle, Graptemys ernsti, long thought to be a variant of the Alabama map turtle, is restricted to parts of the Choctawhatchee, Escambia, Yellow, and Shoal rivers and tributaries in western Florida and adjoining Alabama. The Escambia map turtle is quite similar in appearance and habits to the more easterly […]

An exotic pet hospital in Australia saved a monitor lizard that was hit by a car, and warns drivers to keep an eye out. From the Daily Telegraph: “If you see one hurt … it’s best to be cautious and call an expert. “Also, try and look out for them on the roads. They tend […]

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By Herp News Auburn University is researching a species that could cause problems in Alabama. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Jane Goodall is not only arguably the most famous conservationist who ever lived, but also the most well-known and respected female scientist on the planet today. Her path to reach that stature is an unlikely as it is inspiring. Told to ‘never give up’ by her mother, Goodall set out in her […]

By Herp News The world has lost a giant: this week the IUCN Red List officially declared St. Helena giant earwig extinct. While its length of 80 millimeters (3.1 inches) may not seem like much, it’s massive for an earwig and impressive for an insect. Only found on the island of St. Helena in the […]

By Herp News Blackwater Elite's Ogie Menor proves Philippines Basketball Association style is wilder than NBA style. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Blackwater Elite may have lost their seventh straight game in the 2014 PBA Philippine Cup but forward Ogie Menor was the big winner in social media as he stunned everyone with his unique lizard hairstyle. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Photo by Tonje Thilesen Dirty Beaches ', aka Alex Zhang Hungtai, recently announced he would be ending his work as Dirty Beaches with the promise of “NEW PROJECTS NEW MUSIC COMING SOON 2015”. Now, as Stereogum reports, he's shared two new tracks under his new alias Last Lizard. Listen to the instrumental […]

While our little temporary greenhouse was great for its purpose, it wasn’t much of a barrier to large threats, such as a big dog, or heavy winds or weather. It wasn’t anchored at all, and could be lifted up and moved with two hands. And in the end it was temporary, just as planned. To […]

What does the evolution of the tortoise shell have to do with breathing? From Phys.org: Lead author Dr Tyler Lyson of Wits University’s Evolutionary Studies Institute, the Smithsonian Institution and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science said: “Tortoises have a bizarre body plan and one of the more puzzling aspects to this body plan […]

By Herp News The rare reptile has been in the Bhitarkanika National Park for the past 39 years Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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By Herp News This ain’t your granddaddy’s South Georgia gopher. What we have here is a Sulcata African land tortoise, one of 11 that belong to Randy Gallager of North Carolina. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Recent two-week field tests in Nebraska of the Hybrid Public Safety Microphone–or Turtle Mike–allowed law enforcement, medical, fire and rescue and public works personnel to test a merge of land mobile radio (LMR) and broadband systems to enable first responders to communicate with each other. Funded by S&T's First Responders Group (FRG) […]

By Herp News Heppell spoke to nearly 200 scientists, government officials and environmentalists at the Second International Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Symposium, convened to call attention to the sudden reversal of fortunes for the world's most endangered sea turtle. Andre Landry Jr., former director of the Sea Turtle & Fisheries Ecology Research Laboratory at Texas […]

By Herp News For a long time, this rare white spotted bush frog lived a secretive life: the Critically Endangered Chalazodes bubble-nest frog (Raorchestes chalazodes) was last seen in 1874 and presumed to be extinct. That is until 2010 when a year-long expedition to try and locate ‘lost’ amphibians in India found the elusive frog […]

By Herp News Technology is helping researchers better predict when sea turtles will hatch. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

New research explains why snakes have two penises instead of one. From the Washington Post: In snakes and lizards, the external genitals get a little funkier. These reptiles have paired external genitals, even though they only use one at a time during mating. But all of these genitals spring out of the same embryonic structure, […]

By Herp News While a life in the slow lane may be easier, will it be any longer? It will if you're a reptile. A new study finds that reduced reproductive rates and a plant-rich diet are responsible for the increased lifespan of reptiles. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News SEABROOK ISLAND – The gathering caught David Weintraub's eye at first, all those people circling around on something on the beach. Then he saw the tiny creatures wriggling toward the ocean. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News If you are what you eat, then just as true, you are what you buy. From organic, fair-trade, responsible palm oil, Wildlife Friendly, and most recently deforestation-free, consumers can cast their lot with a variety of eco-friendly labels and define who they are by what they buy. It gives someone in New […]

By Herp News Biologists long assumed that one-way air flow was a special adaptation in birds driven by the intense energy demands of flight. But now scientists have shown that bird-like breathing also developed in green iguanas – reptiles not known for high-capacity aerobic fitness. The finding bolsters the case that unidirectional bird-like flow evolved […]

By Herp News Today, 22,413 species are threatened with extinction, according to the most recent update of the IUCN Red List. This is a rise of 310 species from the last update in the summer. The update includes the Pacific bluefin tuna, the Chinese pufferfish, and Chapman’s pygmy chameleon, among others. Go to Source …read […]

By Herp News Julie Larsen Maher has what many wildlife photographers would consider a dream job: staff photographer for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a non-profit that runs five zoos and aquariums in New York City as well as numerous site-based field programs in the U.S. and overseas. As staff photographer, Maher helps tell the […]

By Herp News While a life in the slow lane may be easier, will it be any longer? It will if you’re a reptile. A new study finds that reduced reproductive rates and a plant-rich diet are responsible for the increased lifespan of reptiles. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

How would you like to come across a 57 pound venomous snake? From Live Science: Laophis crotaloides measured between 10 and 13 feet (3 and 4 meters) long and weighed a whopping 57 lbs. (26 kilograms). Today’s longest venomous snakes, king cobras (Ophiophagus hannah), can grow to be about 18 feet (5.5 m) long. But […]

By Herp News AN EXHIBITION of sculptures by a North Yorkshire artist will take place in Haxby this week. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Turtle Beach's Elite 800 headphones are out not for £249 from Amazon. Key Features: DTS Headphone: x 7.1 surround sound Custom FTS Surround Sound presets Active noise cancellation Two noise-cancelling mics built in Magnetic charging cradle 15 hour battery PS4/PS3/mobile The Verdict: In the hyped-up future of ' Call of Duty: Advanced […]

By Herp News Turtle Beach's Elite 800 headphones are out not for £249 from Amazon. Key Features: DTS Headphone: x 7.1 surround sound Custom FTS Surround Sound presets Active noise cancellation Two noise-cancelling mics built in Magnetic charging cradle 15 hour battery PS4/PS3/mobile The Verdict: In the hyped-up future of ' Call of Duty: Advanced […]

By Herp News The adult human body is made up of about 37 trillion cells. Microbes, mainly bacteria, outnumber body cells by 10 to 1. Increasingly, scientists recognize that this huge community of microbes affects the health, development and evolution of all multicellular organisms, including humans. A fundamental gap in disease ecology and microbiome research […]

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