By Herp News Brazilian biologist Alex Bager has been leading a crusade to raise awareness of a major but neglected threat to biodiversity in his country. Every year over 475 million animals die in Brazil as victims of roadkill, according to an estimate by Centro Brasileiro de Ecologia de Estradas, an initiative funded and coordinated […]
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Dec 11
Dec 11
Major comeback for sea turtles: Highest reported nest counts in Nicaragua
By Herp News Scientists noticed a dramatic increase in nesting of critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles including the highest nest counts since a conservation project began there in 2000. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Tortoise Capital Advisors Announces New Independent Board Member of Its Closed-End Funds
By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors, adviser for five closed-end funds, today announced that Alexandra Herger will join the current Board of Directors of its closed-end funds on Jan. 1, 2015. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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My first snake: the DeKay's snake
I can still remember turning the big flagstone that was out by the day lily bed and seeing my very first snake. I was probably 6 or 7 and had already turned a lot of stones in my short lifetime. I found toads and stag beetles and star-nosed moles – enough things so that I […]
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Smithsonian exhibit features school bus sized snake
Have you seen the titanboa exhibit? From NJ.com: Twice as long as the longest snake alive today, Titanoboa was discovered in 2009 by a team of scientists working in one of the world’s largest open-pit coal mines at Cerrejón in La Guajira, Colombia. Fossil plants, giant turtles and crocodiles found with it deep underground reveal […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Black Rat Snake!
<img width="250" src="http://gallery.connectedbypets.com/data/210455MVC-003S_edited-med.jpg" alt=" Black Rat Snake, uploaded by kingsnake.com user peaceodarock” /> It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user peaceodarock! Black Rat Snake, uploaded by kingsnake.com user peaceodarock” /> Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more […]
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New model for snake venom evolution proposed
By Herp News Researchers have found genetic evidence that highly toxic venom proteins were evolutionarily ‘born’ from non-toxic genes, which have other ordinary jobs around the body, such as regulation of cellular functions or digestion of food. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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