Frankie has been indoors almost every day since Christmas. He is not happy with me. “I hate you, mom.” His indoor space isn’t very big so he is very annoyed. “Something in this gecko room is coming down. Plastic barrier is not going to keep me from ramming garbage can or the humidifier.” It’s all […]
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Jan 20
Jan 20
Lizard Squad’s Plaintext Customer List Leaked As Another Member Is Arrested
By Herp News The Lizard Squad, the group of hackers credited with taking down Xbox Live and PSN over the holiday, have been compromised and much of their data leaked. Brian Krebs received a listing of the Lizard Squad’s LizardStresser customer database and noted that the group made about $11,000 in bitcoin serving up denial-of-service […]
Read the rest of this entry »Jan 19
Lizard Squad Kept Its Hacker-for-Hire Customers' Info in Plain Text
By Herp News Somebody hacked the Lizard Squad's super stupid DDoS-for-hire service last week, and guess what? The Lizard Squad sucks at cybersecurity. Not only did the hackers leave their so-called LizardStresser service vulnerable, the money-hungry kids left all their customers' data in plain text and $11,000 in bitcoin on the table. Read more… Go […]
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Lizard Squad chased by police, humbled by fellow hackers
By Herp News Not only have several members of the Lizard Squad hacking group been arrested lately, but their Lizard Stresser client list has leaked all over the web. The post Lizard Squad chased by police, humbled by fellow hackers appeared first on Digital Trends . Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]
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'Our amphibians and reptiles are in trouble'
By Herp News A two-year comprehensive turtle survey, the first of its kind in Oregon's Clackamas County, has failed to document any trace of the imperiled western pond turtle during its first year of searching, according to a recent report. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle Island Fiji Offers Two Complimentary Airfares this Spring
By Herp News Spring Special Also Includes Choice of Added Bonus Offer Worth Up to $1,000 (PRWeb January 19, 2015) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/01/prweb12448468.htm Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Preserved fossil represents oldest record of parental care in group of prehistoric reptiles
By Herp News New research details how a preserved fossil found in China could be the oldest record of post-natal parental care from the Middle Jurassic. The specimen, found by a farmer in China, is of an apparent family group with an adult, surrounded by six juveniles of the same species. Given that the smaller […]
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Scientists develop more powerful anti-venoms
Could a universal anti-venom be just around the corner? From Tech Times: Scientists from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) are working toward the development of a universal anti-venom that can be used for the bite of all of the snakes in sub-Saharan Africa with the aid of a new technique dubbed antivenomics. The […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Milk Snake!
It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user gerryg! 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 found. Amazon Auto Links
Read the rest of this entry »Jan 18
Flying Lizard (Sort Of) Returns To Porsche, Adds A Third McLaren 650S
By Herp News Flying Lizard is making a long-awaited return to running Porsche 911s, only it's not where you'd expect. In addition to announcing a third customer McLaren 650S to run in Pirelli World Challenge today, Flying Lizard said that they will field a two-car customer effort in the Pirelli Porsche GT3 Cup. Read more… […]
Read the rest of this entry »Jan 17
Lizard Squad DDoS customer database lifted, published in plain text
By Herp News A counter-hack against the Lizard Squad hacking group's distributed denial of service (DDoS) tool LizardStresser has resulted in a customer data theft. Details of 14,241 users' user names, passwords, and other data, store in plain text, has been stolen from the group and posted online…. Go to Source …read more Read more […]
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Lizard Squad DDoS customer database lifted, published in plain text
By Herp News A counter-hack against the Lizard Squad hacking group's distributed denial of service (DDoS) tool LizardStresser has resulted in a customer data theft. Details of 14,241 users' user names, passwords, and other data, store in plain text, has been stolen from the group and posted online…. Go to Source …read more Read more […]
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Stranded softshell gets help
An adult female Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle, Trionyx spiniferus asper, can be a rather large, somewhat difficult turtle to handle. Their long neck, strong jaws and willingness to defend themselves when cornered can leave a lasting impression. We encountered such a female while walking around at a local fish hatchery one afternoon. She was […]
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Herp Video of the Week: Reach! Reach! I can get it!
Check out this video “Reach! Reach! I can get it!” submitted by kingsnake.com user drsam. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Herp Photo of the Day: Radiated Tortoise Hatchling!
It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user marcp! 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 found. Amazon Auto Links
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Sea turtle finds her way back to birth beach, but how?
By Herp News It's a sea turtle mystery that has stumped scientists for decades: How does the female sea turtle, which travels across thousands of miles of open ocean each year, still manage to navigate back to the same beach where she hatched to lay her eggs? Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]
Read the rest of this entry »Jan 15
Ocean’s 15: meet the species that have vanished forever from our seas
By Herp News In the last 500 years, the oceans have suffered far fewer extinctions than on land—at least that we know of. According to a recent study in Science, 15 animals are known to have vanished forever from the oceans while terrestrial ecosystems have seen 514 extinctions. The researchers, however, warn that the number […]
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Empty seas? Scientists warn of an industrialized ocean
By Herp News This is obvious, but still important: humans are not a marine species. Even as we have colonized most of our planet’s terrestrial landscapes, we have not yet colonized the oceans. And for most of our history, we have impacted them only on the periphery. A new review in Science finds that this […]
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For sea turtles, there’s no place like magnetic home
By Herp News Adult sea turtles find their way back to the beaches where they hatched by seeking out unique magnetic signatures along the coast, according to new evidence. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Sea turtle navigates vast ocean to find beach where she was born: How?
By Herp News It's a sea turtle mystery that has stumped scientists for decades: How does the female sea turtle, which travels across thousands of miles of open ocean each year, still manage to navigate back to the same beach where she hatched to lay her eggs? Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]
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Newly discovered frog species gives birth to live tadpoles
Think all frogs lay eggs? Think again. From ScienceBlogs: A new species of frog (Limnonectes larvaepartus) has been discovered in the rain forest of Sulawesi island in Indonesia. This species challenges the grade-school wisdom that taught us: ‘frogs lay eggs’. It looks like textbooks will need to be revised as this is the only known […]
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Nose to nose with an alligator in the night
About a half a mile from our house there is a small drainage culvert that channels water from a small neighborhood lake and wetland, beneath a busy highway, and into the Paynes Prairie basin. Various herps at various times utilize this culvert to assuage their various needs. Patti and I occasionally visit the canal just […]
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State to pick up abandoned tortoise
By Herp News The tortoise that was discovered by Jonathan Hanks on his Oahu driveway on New Year's Day was scheduled to be picked up by the State Department of Agriculture Wednesday afternoon. Rep. John Mizuno's office received several calls from people claiming to be the owner of the tortoise. The state will be calling […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Pitviper!
It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Neverscared! 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 found. Amazon Auto Links
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A happy ending to a tortoise story
By Herp News A well-traveled tortoise is back where he belongs. Rarely does a tortoise become a top story, but a reptile has been been getting all sorts of attention after getting lost. Now, this tortoise story comes with a happy ending. The phone had been ringing off the hook at State Representative John Mizuno's […]
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Tortoise found in Kaneohe reunited with owner
By Herp News The story of a tortoise found roaming a Kaneohe neighborhood has come to a happy close, its ending not too far from where it all began. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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State to pick up abandoned tortoise
By Herp News The tortoise that was discovered by Jonathan Hanks on his driveway on New Year's Day was scheduled to be picked up by the State Department of Agriculture Wednesday afternoon. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
Read the rest of this entry »Jan 14
Are all rattlesnakes created equal? No, maybe not
By Herp News New research by a team of biologists has revealed that creating antivenom is a bit tricky. That’s because the type of venom a snake produces can change according to where it lives. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Did palm oil expansion play a role in the Ebola crisis?
By Herp News The Ebola outbreak in West Africa may have been the result of complex economic and agricultural policies developed by authorities in Guinea and Liberia, according to a new commentary in Environment and Planning A. Looking at the economic activities around villages where Ebola first emerged, the investigators analyzed a shift in land-use […]
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Loch Ness monster's ancestor? Early Scots reptile identified
By Herp News London (AFP) – A giant prehistoric reptile that patrolled the waters off Scotland 170 million years ago has been identified by scientists, they said Monday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Radiated tortoises seized in Paris airport
Smugglers attempted to pass almost 200 baby radiated tortoises through Paris. From PressTV: The rare reptile species are known as “radiated tortoises” and found only in Madagascar, customs officials said. The one-of-a-kind pattern on their shell case makes them precious for collectors. The baby reptiles, 15 of which had died, were discovered in a crate […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Uromastyx !
It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user plietz! 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 found. Amazon Auto Links
Read the rest of this entry »Jan 13
Lizard Squad and the DDoS-for-hire ecology explained by NexusGuard
By Herp News Recently, Internet mayhem group Lizard Squad made news by ruining Christmas Day for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network users. Afterwards the group unveiled a distributed denial of service (DDoS) tool offered to the public that allows people to use the … Continue reading → Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]
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Turtle Club Restaurant in Punta Gorda Celebrates Official Grand Opening
By Herp News PUNTA GORDA, Fla., Jan. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — The Turtle Club Coastal Tavern and Claw Bar holds its official Grand Opening Thursday, January 15, and the “Join us!” invitation is going out on social media, in e-mail alerts, and via general advertising, announced the historic restaurant in Punta Gorda. “We have been […]
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Crocodiles and alligators live together in the Keys
The Lower Keys can now join the Everglades as home to breeding populations of both American alligators and crocodiles. From Keys News: If she and Cherkiss are correct, then the Lower Keys have joined the Everglades as home to breeding populations of alligators and crocodiles. Unlike the Upper and Middle Keys, the Lower Keys have […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Chameleon!
It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user vinniem1210! 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 found. Amazon Auto Links
Read the rest of this entry »Jan 12
Slick and slender snake beats short and stubby lizard in sand swimming
By Herp News For swimming through sand, a slick and slender snake can perform better than a short and stubby lizard. That’s one conclusion from a study of the movement patterns of the shovel-nosed snake, a native of the Mojave Desert of the Southwest United States. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]
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Turtle Beach Updates Full Year Sales Outlook
By Herp News SAN DIEGO, Jan. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (HEAR) today announced that, in spite of challenging overall market conditions, it expects net sales for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 to be within its previously issued guidance range of $185 to $195 million, albeit at the low end of this range. […]
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Casting for another job: will fishers take up a new livelihood?
By Herp News Can alternative income programs save Fiji’s reef fish? Many implicate the failure of Fiji’s government to prioritize sustainable management over fisheries development projects, or suggest that Fijians’ mindsets must dramatically shift first. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Disabled tortoise on the move again thanks to Lego wheelchair
By Herp News Meet Blade, the little disabled tortoise who gets to keep on moving thanks to his custom-made Lego wheelchair. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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