By Herp News Fencing is used to protect wildlife against poaching and human encroachment, and also to protect people and livestock from wildlife. As a conservation strategy, it has proponents as well as detractors. A recent paper by a team of 45 international researchers in the Journal of Applied Ecology questions the wisdom of erecting […]
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Jun 23
Jun 23
Cat update: lion and African golden cat down, Iberian lynx up
By Herp News A new update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has categorized the West African population of lions—which is considered genetically distinct and separate from East and Central African lions—as Critically Endangered. Based largely on a paper in 2014, the researchers estimate that there are only 121-375 mature lions in […]
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Water snake glamor: shining in the lights
On a rainy April night Jake and I were out road-hunting in Columbia County, up in northeastern Florida. It had been a warm day but an afternoon rain cooled both the temperature and the road surfaces. But what the heck – the alternative was to sit at home and write blogs, so we elected to […]
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Over 150 new animal species identified in India
In just one year, researchers discovered 176 new species living in India. From Mid-Day News: According to official records by ZSI responsible for animal taxonomy under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, 176 new species were discovered, described and reported from all over India last year. Insects, which escape attention due to […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Spencer's Monitor
This female Spencer’s monitor is catching some rays in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user mariamoon! Be sure to tell mariamoon 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 products […]
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