By Herp News [dropcap]T[/dropcap]hrough years of effort, scientists have assessed the conservation status of some 77,000 species of plants and animals via the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species. Scientific records on the distribution and abundance of species over time allow them to evaluate how close each one is to extinction. But scientists still lack […]
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Sep 11
Sep 11
Big reserve expansion gives tigers a boost in Nepal
By Herp News Good news for tigers came last week with government approval of an extension for Parsa Wildlife Reserve in Nepal. The addition will add a further 2,500 square kilometers of prime habitat for the big cats, which conservationists hope will increase the protected region’s tiger capacity to more than 40 adults. Worldwide, tiger numbers […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Rattlesnake Friday!
Happy Rattlesnake Friday from this beautiful neotropical Guarico Rattlesnake in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user robnimmo ! Be sure to tell them 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 […]
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Frankie Tortoise Tails – Yard Toy
Nothing is more pitiful than a bored sulcata. Nothing is more scary than Frankie looking for something to ram. There are things I don’t want Frankie to ram. I am top of that list. The young Frankie would occasionally bump into me. Bumping is a very close behavior and ramming is just a few pounds […]
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