Conservationists in Scotland search dunes and marshes by flashlight, looking for critically endangered natterjack toads. From BBC News: The scientists search the area after dark, using torchlight to find the natterjacks. The toads are then measured and photographed. James Silvey of RSPB Scotland said: “The beautiful thing about natterjacks is they each come with their […]

By Herp News Byline: The Lizard lifeboat volunteer crew and shore crew members with help from the public took part in an abseil challenge on Saturday 23 August at Kynance Cove on the Lizard peninsular. Page Content: A perfect flat cliff face above Kynance Cove was selected to abseil down by David Issitt, a member […]

By Herp News Hackers reportedly forced an American Airlines plane to make an emergency landing over a threat linked to a top Sony executive onboard. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The hacker group that claimed to have taken down Sony's PlayStation Network over the weekend is claiming another scalp : Microsoft's Xbox Live. The group, known as Lizard Squad, took responsibility for the denial-of-service attack, the second in as many days. We hear there are some Xbox Live issues, sorry Go to […]

By Herp News Mike S. & SpinningGamera take home the commenting awards this week. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News (PHOTO COURTESY: Laura Balch) AMAGON, Ark. (AP) – A two-headed snapping turtle has been born in Northeast Arkansas. The Jonesboro Sun reports the baby turtle was discovered last week at the NEA Turtle Farm in Amagon. An employee says the common snapper was discovered among a group of 30,000 that will be […]

By Herp News An Arkansas biologist calls a newborn two-headed snapping turtle rare, but he says turtle mutations are becoming more common. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Hackers naming themselves “Lizard Squad” have attacked Blizzard, Sony and other video game networks over the weekend. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News “Lizard Squad” takes down PSN, then targets plane carrying Sony Online CEO. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Hackers reportedly forced an American Airlines plane to make an emergency landing over a threat linked to a top Sony executive onboard. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News AMAGON — A two-headed snapping turtle has been born in Northeast Arkansas. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News An American Airlines flight carrying Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley was diverted on Sunday after a hacker group dubbed the Lizard… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Sony has confirmed that a massive DDoS attack took down its popular online gaming network this past weekend, leaving millions of gamers out in the cold as they tried to connect to the service. Two different entities, a hacker group called “Lizard Squad” and a lone hacker named “Fame,” both claimed responsibility […]

By Herp News NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A group of hackers calling themselves “Lizard Squad” has taken down several popular online video game networks and possibly diverted an American Airlines jet carrying a Sony executive. Over the weekend, Blizzard Entertainment, CCP Games, Riot Games and Sony have done maintenance to bring their networks back online. […]

By Herp News As if cutting off from their games millions of users wasn't enough for the day, Forbes reports that [the] hacker collective (or individual) known as the “Lizard Squad” succeeded in taking offline many gaming services including Blizzard’s Battle.net and Sony PSN. But things took a turn from irritating DDoS attacks to another […]

A critically endangered tree frog has just been discovered in Madagascar. From Newsweek: Boophis ankarafensis, as the scientists have dubbed the amphibian, is bright green with red speckles red on its head and back. It was found on the Sahamalaza Peninsula in the Ankarafa forest, from whence its name comes. The frog’s call—a series of […]

By Herp News Hackers naming themselves “Lizard Squad” have attacked Blizzard, Sony and other video game networks over the weekend. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Scientists have discovered a new snail species near a cement quarry in Malaysia, which as far as they know lives nowhere else in the world. It lives on a limestone hill called Kanthan given as a concession to an international company Lafarge. The cement producer quarries the hill for raw materials. As […]

By Herp News Quito (AFP) – “Pepe the Missionary,” a giant tortoise who rose to fame as one of the most photographed animals on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, has died at age 60, officials said Friday. Pepe, who lived in a corral at the Galapagos National Park's Interpretation Center, died of natural causes, said the park's […]

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By Herp News They discovered the genetic “recipe” for lizard tail regeneration, which may come down to using genetic ingredients in just the right mixture and amounts. By following the genetic recipe for regeneration that is found in lizards, and then harnessing those same genes in human cells, it may be possible to regrow new […]

NASA is planning to send rats to the International Space Station so they can study the effects of microgravity on animals. From Fox News: While rodents have flown on space shuttle flights in the past, those missions have only lasted a week or two. This new rats in space mission, however, could range between 30 […]

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Scientists hope a new discovey about the origin of snake venom can lead to more effective treatments of snake bites. From Laboratory Equipment: The genes encoding these proteins have been duplicated at some point in the past and one of the resulting copies has been restricted to the venom gland, where natural selection has acted […]

By Herp News Lizard tails have fascinated humans from ancient times, falling off and growing back just like new. Now, scientists have solved the mystery of how lizards can regenerate their tails. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The green anole lizard is master of a well-known trick: it can disconnect its tail in a jam and grow a new one. It's not only impressive, but enviable: regrowing broken or missing body parts has long been the dream of regenerative medicine. Now scientists have unlocked the secret to the lizard’s […]

By Herp News A GENETIC program that triggers new tissue growth when a lizard loses its tail could hold the key to muscle and nerve regeneration in humans, a study says. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Selective logging in India’s Western Ghats forests continues to affect frogs decades after harvesting ended, finds a new study published in Biotropica. The research assessed frog communities in logged and unlogged forests in Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve and found that unlogged forests had twice the density of frogs as areas logged in […]

By Herp News A loggerhead turtle from the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital got to head home Wednesday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News M-M Properties seeks tenants for the high-rise to be built at Turtle Creek and Cedar Springs, across from the Perot Group’s new headquarters. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Sometimes all it takes is fewer clicks. Scientists have discovered a new species of frog from Madagascar that stuck out because it “clicked” less during calls than similar species. Unfortunately the scientists believe the new species—dubbed the Ankarafa skeleton frog—is regulated to a single patch of forest, which, despite protected status, remains […]

By Herp News By understanding the secret of how lizards regenerate their tails, researchers may be able to develop ways to stimulate the regeneration of limbs in humans. Now, a team of researchers is one step closer to solving that mystery. The scientists have discovered the genetic “recipe” for lizard tail regeneration, which may come […]

By Herp News Scientists from Arizona State University used gene sequencing technology to study the process in the green anole lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Understanding how lizards shed and regrow their tails could lead to muscle and nerve regeneration in humans, say scientists. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Snakes, turtles, and lizards will be among partygoers at North Plains Public Library's end-of-summer reading party, as the Reptile Man leads the library's weekly Wacky Wednesday event at Jessie Mays Community Hall. Other events today include the Portland Open and free vision screening at Hillsboro Main Library. Go to Source …read more […]

A woman saved her great-grandson’s pet bearded dragon by performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. From the Daily Mail: ‘I really couldn’t remember how many chest compressions should be given before a rescue breath, but he was blue so I just did it. I was really amazed it worked.’ Working for what she said felt like a half […]

By Herp News Here’s a challenge: take a conservationist out for a drink and ask them about their work. Nine times out of ten—or possibly more—you’ll walk away feeling frustrated, despondent, and utterly hopeless. Yet a few conservation scientist are not just trying to save species from extinction, but also working to save their field—their […]

By Herp News Around 100,000 elephants were killed by poachers for their ivory on the African continent in just three years, according to a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Between 2010 and 2012 an average of 6.8 percent of the elephant population was killed annually, equaling just over 20 […]

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By Herp News August 19 is World Orangutan Day, a designation intended to raise awareness about the great red ape, which is threatened by habitat loss, the pet trade, and hunting. Once distributed across much of southeast Asia, today orangutans are only found on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Both species of orangutan — […]