By Herp News Animal vehicle collisions (AVCs) take an incredible toll on wildlife worldwide. In the United States, for example, as many as 1.5 million deer, moose, and other ungulates are annually involved in vehicle crashes, with all yearly U.S. wildlife collisions costing $1 billion and causing 29,000 human injuries. Still, drivers and the media […]
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Jul 06
Jul 06
‘Land sparing’ vs. ‘land sharing’: scientists weigh in on how to improve biodiversity on farms
By Herp News To protect natural ecosystems, some conservationists advocate ‘land sparing,’ in which farmers intensify agricultural practices to boost yields, theoretically enabling them to forgo expansion into natural areas. Others advocate ‘land sharing,’ in which farmers take over more land but use more environmentally friendly practices. Researchers studied the relative effects of the two […]
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"Missing link" to contemporary turtles found?
The armored lizard Pappochelys rosinae may be the missing evolutionary link between early turtles and their contemporary counterparts. From Science Magazine: The findings are “a very important contribution in addressing who turtles are related to, as well as the evolutionary origin of the turtle shell,” says Tyler Lyson, a vertebrate paleontologist at the Denver Museum […]
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The Sri Lankan painted frog: the sad-face frog
The Sri Lankan painted frog is a species of narrow-mouthed frog found in India. This frog is the first species of narrow-mouthed frog which I came across and thanks to its mouth, I found it a bit upset looking. But trust me, it was one of the cutest frogs in the world! I met this […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Russian Tortoise
Our Herp Photo of the Day shows and amazing look inside the egg of a Russian Tortoise to be, uploaded by kingsnake.com user tortusjack! Be sure to tell tortusjack 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: […]
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