By Herp News In 2014, the unimaginable happened: companies representing the majority of palm oil production and trade agreed to stop cutting down rainforests and draining peatlands for new oil palm plantations. After years of intense campaigning by environmentalists and dire warnings from scientists, nearly two dozen major producers, traders, and buyers established zero deforestation […]
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Dec 23
Dec 23
White cobra that roamed Thousand Oaks goes on exhibit at San Diego Zoo
By Herp News Attention, reptile enthusiasts: A venomous white cobra that was once loose in Thousand Oaks is now on exhibit at the San Diego Zoo. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Show respect for the snakes on "Rattler Road"
The road we were on could almost have been called “Pygmy Rattler Road.” Actually there were many other herp species found on it, but it was a road that almost never failed to disclose from one to several dusky pygmy rattlesnakes that would vary in size from neonates (in season) to adults of 16 to […]
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The problem with 'heroes in a half-shell'
Contrary to popular beliefs, the most common reptile in rescue is not a giant. I see and receive requests to surrender more water turtles, primarily red eared sliders, than any other reptile. In fact, in one week I will get more requests to surrender sliders than I have received to surrender Burmese pythons in the […]
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Update on USARK lawsuit against USFWS
There’s been a change of judges in the USARK v. USFWS lawsuit about listing big constrictors as injurious species. The case was recently transferred to Judge Raymond Daniel Moss. He will be the third judge assigned to the case. In August, we had been informed that the case had been transferred from Judge Sullivan to […]
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Eagle-faced dinosaur takes record as North America's oldest horned dino
A new dinosaur, the size of a large rabbit, is the earliest known horned dinosaur in North America. From IFL Science: Over a decade ago, paleontologists working in the Cloverly Formation of Carbon County, Montana, unearthed the partial skull, lower jaw, and teeth of a small horned dinosaur. Previous work has shown that horned dinosaurs […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Sleigh Ride!
<img width="250" src="http://gallery.connectedbypets.com/data/142521addec19-4.JPG" alt=" Sleigh Ride, uploaded by kingsnake.com user ginag” /> It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user ginag! Sleigh Ride, uploaded by kingsnake.com user ginag” /> Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King […]
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Frankie Tortoise Tails – Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays From Frankie Tortoise Tails …read more Read more here: Turtle Times No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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