The Florida panhandle is one of our favorite places. Even in months like December when much of the rest of the country is feeling the icy grip of winter, the panhandle experiences much milder conditions and on warmer days we’re even able to see a few snakes and other reptiles. So there we were, December […]
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Florida's mild weather is snake country in three colors
The Florida panhandle is one of our favorite places. Even in months like December when much of the rest of the country is feeling the icy grip of winter, the panhandle experiences much milder conditions and on warmer days we’re even able to see a few snakes and other reptiles. So there we were, December […]
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Florida's mild weather makes it snake country in three colors
The Florida panhandle is one of our favorite places. Even in months like December when much of the rest of the country is feeling the icy grip of winter, the panhandle experiences much milder conditions and on warmer days we’re even able to see a few snakes and other reptiles. So there we were, December […]
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How A Hacker Gang Literally Saved Christmas For Video Game Players Everywhere
By Herp News At the start of December, a notorious hacker gang named “Lizard Squad” issued a threat: it would take down over Christmas the PlayStation and Xbox Live networks, the online services that some video games need in order run from a home console. Despite most hackers being “in it for the lulz” — […]
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How A Hacker Gang Saved Christmas For Video Game Players Everywhere
By Herp News Universal PicturesA hacker group known as Lizard Squad almost ruined Christmas for video game players. At the start of December, a notorious hacker gang named “Lizard Squad” issued a threat: it would take down over Christmas the PlayStation and Xbox Live networks, the online services that some video games need in order […]
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Hunting is a greater threat than logging for most wildlife in Borneo
By Herp News Persistence is the key factor in the two most common human stressors on tropical wildlife. In Malaysian Borneo, hunting continually diminishes wildlife populations, whereas the negative impacts from selective logging are more transient, according to a recent study in Conservation Biology. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]
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Turtle season begins in Queensland
By Herp News Turtle power has been on display up the Queensland coast as shelled reptiles young and old entered or re-entered the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle Wax® Awards National #Reflectie Contest Winner With 2015 Ford® Mustang®
By Herp News CHICAGO, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – While most of America was snapping “selfies” this summer, car enthusiasts from coast-to-coast were all about the Turtle Wax #Reflectie – a photograph or self-portrait that's taken in the shine of a freshly waxed car. Nearly 6,000 people submitted their Reflecties for a chance to win a […]
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Lower Keys crocs reclaiming traditional territory
The population of Lower Keys crocodiles in Florida has rebounded enough for the animals to start to return to their native terrain. From keysnet.com: Reports of a Lower Keys crocodile, a species not long ago virtually unseen outside of North Key Largo, did not surprise Nancy Finley, manager of the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges […]
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Barkers in the Puddles
Jim and I had been bouncing along a seldom used forest road, our destination still miles ahead. We were heading for a once flooded meadow from which, until the lengthy drought, carpenter frogs had been known to call. But our drive had been intercepted by loud toooonks coming from a woodland pond that we were […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Argentine Black & White Tegu!
<img width="250" src="http://gallery.connectedbypets.com/data/173549Image011_-_resized-med.jpg" alt=" Argentine Black & White Tegu, uploaded by kingsnake.com user RamblinRose” /> It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user RamblinRose! Argentine Black & White Tegu, uploaded by kingsnake.com user RamblinRose” /> Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! […]
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Tortoise Capital Advisors to Host Year-End Closed-End Fund Conference Call
By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C., the adviser of NDP, NTG, TPZ, TTP, and TYG announced today it will host a year-end conference call on Dec. 17, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. Central, to discuss current energy industry market conditions and Tortoise closed-end funds’ 2014 year-end results. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]
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Tortoise Capital Advisors to Host Year-End Closed-End Fund Conference Call
By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C., the adviser of NDP, NTG, TPZ, TTP, and TYG announced today it will host a year-end conference call on Dec. 17, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. Central, to discuss current energy industry market conditions and Tortoise closed-end funds’ 2014 year-end results. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]
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Turtle that breathes through its butt now critically endangered in Australia
By Herp News Danielle Haynes TOWNSVILLE, Australia, Dec. 15 (UPI) — A turtle notable for the fact that it breathes through its rear-end is now considered critically endangered by the Australian government. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Then there were five: rhino death moves species closer to extinction
By Herp News As if news for rhinos couldn’t get any worse: this weekend, Angalifu, died a the San Diego Zoo. Forty four-year-old Angalifu was a male northern white rhino and his death means only five of this subspecies remains on the planet. Angalifu’s death, which keepers suspect was simply from old age, follows soon […]
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Unique Australian Turtle Is Critically Endangered
By Herp News The turtle breathes out of its butt Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Fitch Affirms Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund Notes at 'AAA' & Pfd at 'AA'
By Herp News Fitch Ratings assigns 'AAA' ratings to the following senior unsecured notes issued by Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund : Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle that can breathe out its butt almost extinct
By Herp News The days of the white-throated snapping turtle (Elseya albagula) appear to be numbered, according to the Australian government, which has recently declared them critically endangered. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle that can breathe out its butt almost extinct
By Herp News The days of the white-throated snapping turtle (Elseya albagula) appear to be numbered, according to the Australian government, which has recently declared them critically endangered. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle Beach Introduces New Xbox One Headset Audio Controllers
By Herp News SAN DIEGO, Dec. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ –Turtle Beach, the leading audio brand in the video games industry, today announced that Superhuman Hearing and Mic Monitoring will be featured in two new officially … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Galapagos tortoises have astonishing recovery
A captive breeding program and removal of invasive goats has helped Española Galapagos tortoises improve their numbers from 15 to 1500. From treehugger.com: How was the Española population of giant tortoise saved? The Galapagos Islands National Park Service began a program of captive breeding and reintroduction in 1973. Using an enclosure on another island to […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Blue Serong Green Tree Python!
<img width="250" src="http://gallery.connectedbypets.com/data/14015402_female_blue_sorong_green_tree_python.jpg" alt=" Blue Serong Green Tree Python, uploaded by kingsnake.com user snakemanskynard” /> It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user snakemanskynard! Blue Serong Green Tree Python, uploaded by kingsnake.com user snakemanskynard” /> Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! […]
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Traveling reptile show lands in Phoenix
By Herp News Living here in the desert, you've probably seen your fair share of reptiles, like snakes and lizards, roaming around. Some people are afraid of them, but the Repticon show in the valley this weekend shows us that reptiles aren't so scary and are actually pretty cool.Thousands of exotic animals will be at […]
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Ancient Flying Reptile Named After Kung Fu Film 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
By Herp News Fossilized remains of the kryptodrakon progenitor (“hidden dragon”), which evolved into the largest flying creatures ever to inhabit earth, were discovered in northwest China, where Ang Lee's Oscar-winning film was shot. read more Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Ancient Flying Reptile Named After Kung Fu Film 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
By Herp News Fossilized remains of the kryptodrakon progenitor (“hidden dragon”), which evolved into the largest flying creatures ever to inhabit earth, were discovered in northwest China, where Ang Lee's Oscar-winning film was shot. read more Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Ancient Flying Reptile Named After Ang Lee's 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
By Herp News Fossilized remains of the kryptodrakon progenitor (“hidden dragon”), which evolved into the largest flying creatures ever to inhabit earth, were discovered in northwest China, where the Oscar-winning film was shot. read more Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle Power: Endangered Sea Turtles Are on the Rise on These Islands
By Herp News When you’re a critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle, any news is usually bad news. But not today. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Adorable Mexican Mole Lizard Has a Disgusting Reputation
By Herp News Down in Baja California there crawls a beast so bizarre, so cruel, so foul, that the mere mention of it sends locals scurrying. It’s an opportunist, said to attack humans at their most vulnerable moment: potty time. The post Absurd Creature of the Week: The Adorable Mexican Mole Lizard Has a Disgusting […]
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Lizard Squad claims responsibility for PSN login outage
By Herp News Hacking group the 'Lizard Squad' has claimed responsibility for an outage which took down the web login page for the PSN this morning, marring a weekend of celebration and PR for PlayStation on its 20th anniversary. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Boosting the conservation value of 4M sq km of rainforest logging concessions
By Herp News Short of buying back logging concessions, switching from conventional logging approaches to reduced impact logging techniques across existing forestry concessions may be the best way boost biodiversity in areas earmarked for timber extraction, argues paper. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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'Eaten Alive' creates problems for reptile rescuers
There’s nothing like really bad science and equally bad reality TV to make problems for reptile rescuers. Discovery Channel, in their brilliant glory, ran a farce of a documentary last weekend where a man got into a snake proof suit, slathered himself in pigs blood and then pretended like he was going to be “Eaten […]
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Adorable Mexican Mole Lizard Has a Disgusting Reputation
By Herp News Down in Baja California there crawls a beast so bizarre, so cruel, so foul, that the mere mention of it sends locals scurrying. It’s an opportunist, said to attack humans at their most vulnerable moment: potty time. The post Absurd Creature of the Week: The Adorable Mexican Mole Lizard Has a Disgusting […]
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Herp Video of the Week: Caution, Snakes!
Check out this video “Caution, Snakes!” submitted by kingsnake.com user smetlogik. 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: Regal Ringneck Snake!
<img width="250" src="http://gallery.connectedbypets.com/data/171495SASIAZTrip2010638_edited-med.jpg" alt=" Regal Ringneck Snake, uploaded by kingsnake.com user gshis” /> It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user gshis! Regal Ringneck Snake, uploaded by kingsnake.com user gshis” /> Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more […]
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An app to save 400 million animals
By Herp News Brazilian biologist Alex Bager has been leading a crusade to raise awareness of a major but neglected threat to biodiversity in his country. Every year over 475 million animals die in Brazil as victims of roadkill, according to an estimate by Centro Brasileiro de Ecologia de Estradas, an initiative funded and coordinated […]
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Major comeback for sea turtles: Highest reported nest counts in Nicaragua
By Herp News Scientists noticed a dramatic increase in nesting of critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles including the highest nest counts since a conservation project began there in 2000. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Tortoise Capital Advisors Announces New Independent Board Member of Its Closed-End Funds
By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors, adviser for five closed-end funds, today announced that Alexandra Herger will join the current Board of Directors of its closed-end funds on Jan. 1, 2015. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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My first snake: the DeKay's snake
I can still remember turning the big flagstone that was out by the day lily bed and seeing my very first snake. I was probably 6 or 7 and had already turned a lot of stones in my short lifetime. I found toads and stag beetles and star-nosed moles – enough things so that I […]
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Smithsonian exhibit features school bus sized snake
Have you seen the titanboa exhibit? From NJ.com: Twice as long as the longest snake alive today, Titanoboa was discovered in 2009 by a team of scientists working in one of the world’s largest open-pit coal mines at Cerrejón in La Guajira, Colombia. Fossil plants, giant turtles and crocodiles found with it deep underground reveal […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Black Rat Snake!
<img width="250" src="http://gallery.connectedbypets.com/data/210455MVC-003S_edited-med.jpg" alt=" Black Rat Snake, uploaded by kingsnake.com user peaceodarock” /> It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user peaceodarock! Black Rat Snake, uploaded by kingsnake.com user peaceodarock” /> Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more […]
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