By Herp News A study on the impact of forest loss on biodiversity, recently published in the journal Conservation Biology, shows that one-third of the Brazilian Amazon is headed toward or has just passed a threshold of forest cover beyond which species loss accelerates and is more damaging. Go to Source …read more Read more […]
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May 01
May 01
Ongoing overkill: loss of big herbivores leading to ‘empty landscapes’
By Herp News Ten thousand years from now, human historians—or alien ones—may view the current wave of biodiversity loss and extinctions as concurrent with the Pleistocene extinction. At that time, peaking around 11,000 years ago, many scientists argue that human hunters killed off the majority of the world’s big species. According to a paper today […]
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The Southern copperhead: A marvel of camouflage
I am well aware of the new paper regarding the new classification of copperhead genus Agkistrodon, but for the purpose of this post I will regard the southern copperhead as Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix. The southern copperhead is common throughout its range, utilizing a variety of habitats. A good night of road cruising can produce a […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Savu python
Get yourself a closer look at the Savu python in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user chefdev! Be sure to tell chefdev 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 here: King Snake No […]
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