Researchers aren’t just looking at snake venom to develop potentially life saving medicine; lizard venom is also being mapped. From phys.org: Venom research is a large field, especially due to the pharmaceutical potential of the venom proteins. The idea here is that venom proteins are capable of affecting the body’s cells. Excessive amounts can be […]
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Mar 26
Mar 26
Somewhere and back again
In his little Austin Healey Sprite, Ron and I zipped across the border in Brownsville, Texas heading into Mexico’s interior. We had no idea where we were going or where we would stop. We were young, had enough time and hoped we had sufficient dinero to get us to wherever and back home again. We […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: William's day gecko
Join the Electric Company with this Lygodactylus williamsi and be blinded by beauty in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user jamesmatthews! Be sure to tell jamesmatthews you liked it here! 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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Deer ‘kissing’ fawn among finalists in camera trap photo contest
By Herp News A camera trap photo of a young buck touching noses with a fawn is among the finalists in a picture contest organized by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The image was snapped in a camera trap set up in Apopka, Florida. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]
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