By Herp News The first intact skull of a Mediterranean worm lizard has been found in Spain, according to a new study. Only isolated fragments of fossil Mediterranean worm lizards have previously been found in Europe, and currently, our limited knowledge of their evolution is mainly based on molecular studies. The worm lizard is a […]
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Jun 06
Jun 06
Tortoise MLP & Pipeline Fund (TORIX) Celebrates its Three Year Anniversary and Receives Morningstar Rating
By Herp News The Tortoise MLP & Pipeline Fund today announced its third anniversary and that TORIX has received a Five-Star Overall Morningstar RatingTM out of 26 funds in the Energy Limited Partnership category based on three-year risk-adjusted performance ending 5/31/14. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]
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Ancient reptile eggs shed light on how Pterosaurs nested like modern-day birds
By Herp News The five intact eggs were found in the Xinjiang province, China and all belonged to a previously unknown pterosaur species, Hamipterus tianshanensis. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Will ecotourism be good for the Turtle Islands?
By Herp News The government has announced that ecotourism projects are being planned for three of the six major islands in the municipality of Turtle Islands. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Herp Video of the Week: Iguana eating grapes!
Check out this video “Iguana eating grapes,” submitted by kingsnake.com user Minuet. 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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Turtle Beach Announces Elite Membership Program
By Herp News SAN DIEGO, June 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach, the leading audio brand in the video games industry, today announced the Elite Membership Program, an exclusive offering available with all Turtle … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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First intact skull of Mediterranean worm lizard found: Skull of new species sheds light on Mediterranean worm lizard …
By Herp News The first intact skull of a Mediterranean worm lizard has been found in Spain, according to a new study. Only isolated fragments of fossil Mediterranean worm lizards have previously been found in Europe, and currently, our limited knowledge of their evolution is mainly based on molecular studies. The worm lizard is a […]
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Next big idea in forest conservation? Work locally, relentlessly, and, if necessary, ignore the government
By Herp News In 1997, Gabriella Fredriksson, then a young PhD student, was studying sun bears in East Kalamantan, Indonesia, when massive forest fires broke out in the park. ‘It quickly became clear that there was no government agency, NGO, or private company in the area interested in assisting putting out these fires, which were […]
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400km-trip tortoise escapes pulping
By Herp News A tortoise thought to have travelled almost 300 miles in the back of a lorry from Devon is saved moments before being pulped at a Norfolk recycling plant. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Monster Queensland crocodile, Jock the croc, bound for Dubai shopping mall zoo
By Herp News A five-metre crocodile that has called central Queensland home for three decades is on its way to the Middle East. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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An egg-traordinary find! Ancient reptile eggs shed light on how mysterious Pterosaurs nested like modern-day birds
By Herp News The five intact eggs were found in the Xinjiang province, China and all belonged to a previously unknown pterosaur species, Hamipterus tianshanensis. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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First 3D Flying-Reptile Eggs Discovered in China
By Herp News The first three-dimensionally preserved eggs of ancient winged reptiles that lived more than 100 million years ago have been unearthed in China. Five intact eggs were found, along with dozens or more adult fossils, of a new type of pterosaur, a group of prehistoric winged reptiles that dominated the skies during the […]
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28 new species of reptile discovered in Southeast Asia
Scientists recently discovered 28 new species of reptile in the Mekong Delta, bringing the total of new species discovered in Southeast Asia to 367. One of the new species is a primitive viper known as the White Head Burmese Viper, Azemiops kharini. From the World Wildlife Foundation’s report: The venomous species is thought to be […]
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Turtle saved after high speed chase
By Herp News Two brothers, ages 18 and 21, from Detroit could be arraigned as soon as Thursday for a wild high speed police chase on I-96. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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UPDATE: $500 reward for stolen turtle
By Herp News By: Dee DeQuattroEmail: ddequattro@abc6.comTwitter: @deedequattroFall River Police have released a surveillance photo of a man they believe to be behind the theft of a beloved turtle from the Fall River library. The 13-year-old turtle was stolen on Saturday night. Police believe the suspect hid behind a stack of books until the library […]
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Flying Squirrel, Rainbow Lizard Among 367 New Species Found in Mekong
By Herp News Researchers working in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia discovered 367 new species between 2012-2013, and are finding them at a rate of one new species every two days. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Colorful bird on remote Indonesian islands should be classified as distinct species, say scientists
By Herp News A colorful bird found on the Wakatobi islands south of Sulawesi in Indonesia is sufficiently distinct from birds in nearby areas to be classified as a unique species, argue scientists writing in the current issue of the open-access journal PLoS ONE. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]
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First intact skull of Mediterranean worm lizard found
By Herp News ( PLOS ) The first intact skull of a Mediterranean worm lizard has been found in Spain. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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11-Million-Year-Old Weird Worm Lizard Discovered
By Herp News This family, known as blanids, includes the only worm lizards found on land in Europe, said study researcher Arnau Bolet, a doctoral student at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont in Barcelona. “Thus, the study of a complete fossil skull more than 11 million years old was an unprecedented opportunity.” [The […]
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Turtle hospital scores grant
By Herp News Shell Canada is awarding the Georgian Bay Turtle Hospital with a $50,000 grant. The hospital has been struggling to become a functional rehabilitation centre. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Ancient 900-pound croc named after Tolkein monster
A newly identified extinct reptile known as a dyrosaur has been named after a literary monster. From Live Science: It was 16 feet (4.8 meters) long and tipped the scales at 900 lbs. (408 kilograms). With a blunt snout and powerful bite, it ate turtles and battled monster snakes. Now this extinct dyrosaur, a type […]
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Office Intern
By Herp News The Asian Turtle Program was established in 1998 and incorporated into the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo/Cleveland Zoological Society’s Asia regional program in 2003. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Four donors pledge $80 million for big cats
By Herp News Four donors from around the world have pledged $80 million to cat conservation group, Panthera. The money will fund projects working to preserve tigers, lions, jaguars, cheetahs, leopards, snow leopards, and cougars over ten years. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Frankie Tortoise Tails – Chance of Carrots
Just as distracting as a flea to a cat, so a new object in a yard draws the attention of a sulcata tortoise: specifically, Frankie the tortoise. Frankie has finely deemed the back yard worthy. With warm and sunny days now abundant, Frankie has taken to walking his yard, every inch, every day, for hours […]
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Ancient 900-Pound 'Monster' Anthracosuchus Balrogus Crocodile Named After Lord of the Rings
By Herp News The reptile, discovered in the same layer of rock as the Titanoboa fossil in the Cerrejon coal mine of northern Colombia, has been named after the “demons of terror” Balrogs characters in the Lord of the Rings. “Much like that giant beast, Anthracosuchus balrogus was awakened from deep within a mine after 60 […]
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Melting glacier reveals fish-lizard fossils
Climate change may not be good for the wildlife we’ve still got, but the melting glaciers it’s causing are revealing some pretty cool fossils. From HuffPo: Dozens of nearly complete skeletons of prehistoric marine reptiles have been uncovered near a melting glacier in southern Chile. Scientists found 46 specimens from four different species of extinct […]
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Million dollar plans to extend grasslands for legless lizard and golden moth
By Herp News The ACT government will spend $1.5million to extend the grassland homes of the striped legless lizard and the golden sun moth. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Ecotourism projects eyed for Tawi-Tawi’s Turtle Islands
By Herp News Ecotourism projects aimed to protect endangered marine species and help sustain community-based tourism enterprises are being developed on Turtle Islands, one of the world’s major nesting sites of marine turtles and located in the country’s southernmost frontier. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Public Health Notice: Outbreak of Salmonella infections related to contact with snakes and rodents used to feed them
By Herp News The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with Provincial public health partners to investigate an outbreak of salmonellosis related to snakes and rodents used to feed reptiles, such as mice, also known as feeder rodents. Outbreaks associated with reptiles and feeder rodents have been seen in Canada, the United States and […]
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Animals bark, screech, and howl for action on global warming (PHOTOS)
By Herp News On May 22nd, zoos and aquariums around the world creatively called for action on global warming. Dubbed ‘Show the Wild Face of Climate Change,’ the event involved over 70 institutions from 25 countries on all seven continents. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update …
By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of May 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $504.3 million and its unaudite Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update as of May 31, 2014
By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of May 31, 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
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Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update as of May 31, 2014
By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of May 31, 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
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Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update as of May 31, 2014
By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of May 31, 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
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Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update as of May 31, 2014
By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of May 31, 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
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Lizards' colorful tails decrease deaths from bird attacks
Australian researchers found that brightly-tailed lizards may lose their tails to bird attacks more frequently than their drab cousins do, but they’re protected from more serious attacks to the rest of their bodies. From the Science Network of Western Australia: Curtin University’s Dr Bill Bateman and Murdoch University’s A/Professor Trish Fleming say their findings support […]
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The Adventures of Booger, Pokey, Tammy and Teddy… – Booger the Problem Child formally known as Hotrod
So Booger has always been a problem child in one way or another, despite his goofy, out going personality. He’s a bit of a bully when it comes to the females. When they were all still together he would find a way to hang out on top of Tammy and try to flip Teddy over. […]
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USF prof's team found, named ancient flying reptile
By Herp News TAMPA — A University of South Florida professor led a trio of paleontologists who have discovered and named the earliest of the pterodactyloids, a group of flying reptiles that became the dominant winged creatures of the prehistoric world. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]
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North Carolina: Arboretum celebrates the box turtle, and so should you
By Herp News Unless you’ve already made plans, you’re probably not going to make it to Box Turtle Day on Saturday at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville. And that’s too bad. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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River Murray turtle numbers in crisis
By Herp News RIVER Murray turtle numbers are in crisis — they have experienced a 90 per cent decline in recent years and no one seems to know why. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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