By Herp News The rare sight of an Amazon River Dolphin leaping out of the water. The dolphins are playful and curious, and threatened by hydroelectric dams. Photo © kevinschafer.com [dropcap]A[/dropcap] dam-building boom is underway in the Amazon. More than 400 hydroelectric dams are in operation, being built, or planned for the river’s headwaters and […]
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Dec 15
Dec 15
‘Apocalyptic image’: More than 330 whales found dead in largest known whale stranding event
By Herp News In April 2015, Vreni Häussermann, Director of the Huinay Scientific Field Station in Chilean Patagonia, and her team, discovered nearly 30 dead sei whales on the Gulf of Penas along Chile’s southern coast while surveying the region’s marine fauna. Sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) are members of the baleen whale family, and can reach lengths of 50 feet and […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Reticulated Python
This Reticulated Python is just popping over to say hi in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user eschmit04 ! 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 […]
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Teresensis’ bromeliad treefrog found in Brazil
By Herp News A new tree frog species, Dendropsophus bromeliaceus, spends its tadpole stage in pooled water that collects in bromeliad plants in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, according to a new study. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Snapper!
This gator snapper weighed about 50 pounds. “Dick, bring your camera!” Easier said than done. I had just turned around in the canoe to take a photo of a big cypress tree when a strong wind gust blew me broadside into a barely sunken snag. And I was having a devil of a time trying […]
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