By Herp News SAN DIEGO, Nov. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR) today announced that the company will be presenting at the Southwest IDEAS Investor Conference on Wednesday, November 19, … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A reader sent me the following question: “How does a lizard grow a new tail?” This was a very timely question as new research has shed light on this very phenomenon. A team of experts at Arizona State University led by Dr. Kenro Kusumi and colleagues have been studying limb regeneration in […]

By Herp News Nearly a year ago, scientists announced an incredible discovery: a new tapir species from the western Amazon in Brazil and Colombia. The announcement was remarkable for a number of reasons: this was the biggest new land mammal discovered in more than 20 years and was only the fifth tapir known to the […]

By Herp News Flying Lizard Motorsports will kick off the new year with a two-car entry for the first race of the TUDOR United Sportscar Championship series, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. In just under two months, the team will again find itself at Daytona International Speedway for the 3-day Roar Before the Rolex 24 […]

Artists and activists held a satirical wake to raise awareness of Pancho, a Florida croc killed resisting capture, and other wildlife killed by humans. From the Miami Herald: Cortada said his goal was to have a dynamic service to honor the fallen croc, but at the same time to bring ecological awareness to community members, […]

By Herp News A disgruntled lizard is being used by Telstra to front a campaign to promote its new bundle packages, created by The Monkeys. The ads show the pet lizard getting peeved when family members turn the channel while it is watching a TV show featuring a fellow reptile. After it happens a third […]

By Herp News A new paper confirms what ecologists have long feared: hunting birds and mammals drastically raises the risk of extinction for tropical trees. Following the long-lifespan of a single canopy tree, Miliusa horsfieldii, researchers discovered that overhunting of animals could increase the chances of extinction for the species fourteen times over a century, […]

Asia’s high demand for turtle meat is motivating the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to request greater protections for several types of exported turtles. From Phys.org: Faced with growing concerns about the hunting of freshwater turtles in the United States for Asian food markets, federal officials this week proposed adding four species to an international […]

By Herp News Conservationists are successfully developing mobile apps that enable authorities to identify illegal wildlife products, making it more difficult for traffickers to smuggle animals and animal parts, reports a paper published in the journal Biological Conservation. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Have you ever been offered the job of your dreams without knowing you were being interviewed? Have you ever communicated with a 5-year-old about the wonders of Salmonella? Have you ever been disappointed not to have larvae hatching from your skin? If you answered yes to all three questions, then you are […]

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission faces tough questions about its barbaric rules for killing reptiles and amphibians. From the Pocono Record: You ask, “shouldn’t they be equipped with fishing poles and nets instead of intimidating weapons?” If you are after fish, then the answer is yes. However, if your desire is to legally kill […]

By Herp News The closed-end funds managed by Tortoise Capital Advisors declared the following distributions today: Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Highlights & Developments Third quarter … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News On Friday, Jonathan Hiew from Singapore took a photo of several insects and uploaded them on the citizen scientist site, iNaturalist. Little did he know that one of the photos, of a butterfly, would prove a record breaker: it was the millionth observation recorded on iNaturalist. Go to Source …read more Read […]

By Herp News A loggerhead sea turtle rescued off New Jersey and cared for in South Carolina is heading to California. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The first settlers of New Zealand killed off nine species of giant birds, known as moas, with a population no bigger than a few thousand people, according to new research published in Nature Communications. The biggest moas stood up to 3.6 meters (12 feet) tall, making these mega-birds the largest animals in […]

DNA testing may hold the key to identifying the right antidote to use for snake bite victims. From New Scientist: Chappuis and his colleagues collected samples from the fang wounds of 749 people at three health centres in Nepal, amplified the DNA and sequenced it. They then looked for matches in a publicly available reference […]

By Herp News A year after a ride on a private plane to the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, Jersey will hop on a Delta flight to sunny California on Nov. 19. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News TAMPA — Cyliss Harrington sauntered through the Charles M. Davis Events Center on Sunday with two boa constrictors around his neck. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Over a dozen students of a university in Talwandi Sabo fell ill due to suspected food poisoning, after having dinner on Saturday night. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A NSW reptile park wants the public to catch deadly funnel web spiders to help make antivenom. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News California-based KBS Realty Advisors said Tuesday that it has completed its purchase of the 21-story 3811 Turtle Creek office tower in Dallas’ Oak Lawn neighborhood. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (HEAR), a leading innovator of audio products and solutions, today announced the company's HyperSound® virtual reality audio solution has been implemented in Activision's Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare retail displays. The displays have been installed in 987 Best Buy locations in North America. […]

By Herp News The stadium at the heart of plans for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be dull and look like a turtle, a leading Japanese architect said Thursday, adding to the row over the controversial venue. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The stadium at the heart of plans for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be dull and look like a turtle, a leading Japanese architect said on Thursday, adding to the row over the controversial venue. The centrepiece for the Games, which was designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, has been scaled down […]

By Herp News A NSW reptile park is calling for people to catch deadly funnel web spiders and donate them so antivenom can be made. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News FIREFIGHTERS in Bolton have been honoured — for rescuing a pet lizard. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News FIREFIGHTERS in Bolton have been honoured — for rescuing a pet lizard. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Through the careful study of modern and early fossil tortoise, researchers now have a better understanding of how tortoises breathe and the evolutionary processes that helped shape their unique breathing apparatus and tortoise shell. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out this video “Watching You,” submitted by kingsnake.com user Minuet. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The total number of turtles that came ashore to nest on Boca Raton's beaches fell off this year after two record-breaking years in a row. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Scientists in China have discovered a remarkably well-preserved fossil of a primitive ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that first appeared some 250 million years ago. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

The Big Apple is home to a small frog with a very distinctive croak. From Wired: The new species, which biologists are calling the Atlantic Coast leopard frog, was hiding in plain sight. Besides its croak, the new species is nearly indistinguishable from several other frog species living in the area. As detailed today in […]

By Herp News The total number of turtles that came ashore to nest on Boca Raton's beaches fell off this year after two record-breaking years in a row. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A NSW reptile park is calling for people to catch deadly funnel web spiders and donate them so antivenom can be made. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Starting with a simple DNA swab taken from fang marks on people bitten by snakes, an international research team correctly identified the species of the biting snake 100 percent of the time in a first-of-its-kind clinical study. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News For nearly 150 million years, they were apex predators of the ocean — streamlined sleek-snouted carnivores called ichthyosaurs. To the casual observer, ichthyosaurs would have looked a bit like long-nosed tuna. According to theory, their forebears were land-loving reptiles which adapted to the sea after the world was struck by a mass […]

By Herp News A 248-million-year-old fossil of an ancient reptile found in China is the oldest known member of a well-known group of marine reptiles, and may have lived both on land and in the sea. The specimen is a primitive type of ichthyopterygian, a group related to ichthyosaurs, which are large marine reptiles that […]

By Herp News A 248-million-year-old fossil of an ancient reptile found in China is the oldest known member of a well-known group of marine reptiles, and may have lived both on land and in the sea. The specimen is a primitive type of ichthyopterygian, a group related to ichthyosaurs, which are large marine reptiles that […]

By Herp News A prehistoric fossil has been found at the Yangtze River near Shanghai. An expert says it could be the first amphibious ichthyosaur (illustrated) reptiles that could live both in and out of the water. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links