By Herp News OMAK — The Reptile Man is bringing his educational program to town today. The event will recognize youth and substance abuse prevention, and that family perceptions play a role in youth use of substances, Omak Middle School Principal Kathleen Miller said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News Charles Darwin noted more than 150 years ago that animals on the Galapagos Islands, including finches and marine iguanas, were more docile than mainland creatures. He attributed this tameness to the fact that there are fewer predators on remote islands. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]

By Herp News The Anjouan scops owl—an elusive owl found only on its tiny eponymous island—was once considered among the world’s most endangered owls, and even the most threatened birds. However, the first in-depth survey of the owls on the island finds that, in fact, the population is far larger than initially estimated. Go to […]

By Herp News Lizard Squad hackers have warned Xbox Live customers that the brief service disruption they experienced Monday was only a preview of more widespread outages they plan to carry out on Christmas. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Baby sea turtles vanish after they scamper into the ocean. Years later, juvenile turtles may pop up thousands of kilometers away, but often scientists don’t see them again until they return to their birthplaces to nest on the beach. Now, using tiny tracking tags weighing no more than two watermelon seeds, a […]

The obvious solution for my turtle and tortoise pond dilemma was simple: hard plastic kiddie pools. They’ve been used uncountable times for this and similar situations, and for most people, they’re the preferred option. While they have some immediately obvious, and a few less obvious, problems, I still ended up trying this pond idea in […]

Western pond turtles have great friends at Sonoma State. From the Record Searchlight: Every year as a part of what’s called a “Head Start Program,” a team of researchers from Sonoma State collect turtle eggs from a pond, hatch the babies and send them to Turtle Bay, the San Francisco Zoo and the Oakland Zoo. […]

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By Herp News SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Marketo Inc. (MKTO), the leading provider of engagement marketing software and solutions, today announced that Turtle Bay Resort has selected Marketo's engagement marketing platform to more deeply understand the customer lifecycle and deliver personalized communications to build and nurture lifelong relationships. Prior to implementing Marketo […]

It was several decades ago, when most of Florida’s caves were open to human intrusion, that I first met Florida’s little blind salamander. A friend took me to cave (that I then thought huge) in Calhoun County. It was by far the biggest cave I had ever been in, and soon after entering I was […]

An alligator recently killed in Mississippi had Civil War era musket balls in his hide. From the World News Daily Report: A group of Mississippi hunters who shot and killed an alligator weighting 910 pounds (413 kilograms) on Sunday, were amazed when they discovered that the animal already bore injuries caused by musket ammunitions from […]

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By Herp News The Lizard Patrol claims to have brought down Xbox Live with a DDOS attack. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Loggerhead who recuperated in Galway will move to sanctuary in Las Palmas Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $259.4 million and Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $400.1 million and its unaudit Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of November 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $443.6 million and its u Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.3 billion and its unaudited net asset value Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $4.4 billion and its unaudited ne Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Fierce predatory sharks rule the oceans from the apex of the food pyramid. But climate change may be tougher than these marine hunters, a new study suggests. As oceans warm and their waters become more acidic, fewer sharks may survive their infancies. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News Grammy-winning R&B singer Frank Ocean released the new track “Memrise” on his Tumblr to plenty of blogger buzz, and Glasgow producer Turtle has shared “Lavender,” the first track from his second EP. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Life in modern Egypt clings to the Nile River. This crowded green strip within the desert supports more than 2,300 people per square kilometer (6,000 per square mile). But 6,000 years ago, all of Egypt was green and vibrant, teeming with life much like the current Serengeti. Over time, this rich ecosystem […]

Box turtles, though primarily terrestrial, love to splash around in the water, and of course box turtles need access to fresh drinking water, too. Tortoises need access to fresh water as well, so it’s a natural that some type of pond should be included in an outdoor enclosure, even if only deep enough to provide […]

More than one thousand endangered sea turtles have been seized by Vietnamese environmental police. From : “The turtles were all dead,” an official of the Ministry of Public Security’s environmental police department, Le Hong Thai, said. “They were meant to be processed into handicrafts for export to China,” he added. “The case is under investigation, […]

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By Herp News In his nearly 10 years studying anacondas in the Amazon, researcher and conservationist Paul Rosolie, 27, has faced his share of danger. The giant reptile is known to grow up… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A BUM-BREATHING turtle is not something you hear of every day and without more protection it won’t be heard of anymore either. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Boris Johnson chased a lizard through a tropical paradise today as he visited Singapore's botanic garden to endorse the site's bid to become a world heritage site (WHS). Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A BUM-BREATHING turtle is not something you hear of every day and without more protection it won’t be heard of anymore either. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on Nov. 28, 2014 and cumulative distribu Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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By Herp News The Turtle Back Zoo is hosting a weekend holiday lights spectacular. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

It was time to add the hoophouse roof, but as planned, the final greenhouse would be considerably larger than this first prototype. That’s why I only wanted a temporary solution, until I could determine the size of the final greenhouse, and could plan accordingly. Thus I wanted to try to use the 16-foot steel livestock […]

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By Herp News For Stu McKenzie, guitarist and “creative director” in local psychedelic garage band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, the process of making an album is more than a linear aggregation of distinct songs.  Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A Loggerhead Turtle that was washed up on the Clare coast in November last year is set to return to warmer climes in time for Christmas. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News For Stu McKenzie, guitarist and “creative director” in local psychedelic garage band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, the process of making an album is more than a linear aggregation of distinct songs.  Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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If I were only going to do a single pen, I could have stopped with where I was in my last post, and do the finish out. All that was left was to set the steel panel hoophouse roof up, cover it in wire, and throw a tarp over it. But not yet. We had […]