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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Jun 02
Jun 02
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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Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Section 19(a) Notice
By Herp News This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on May 30, 2014 and cumulative Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Culling elephants leaves an impact on their social structure decades later
By Herp News Researchers from the University of Sussex studied and compared the social behavior of two elephant herds: one that was severely affected by 1970 and 1980 culling operations and a herd that was relatively unaffected. In their results, the researchers found that the elephant herds that had experienced culling operations exhibited signs of […]
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Herp Video of the Week: Water Dragon!
Check out this video “Water Dragon,” 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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Acoustic surveying: new monitoring technique beats bats at their own game
By Herp News Species monitoring can be a very invasive form of research. However, the use of non-invasive techniques made possible through advancements in technology has been on the rise. A new study published in Ecological Informatics examined one such technique: an innovative and inexpensive non-invasive monitoring tool, known as acoustic surveying. Go to Source […]
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Turtle Beach management to meet with Needham
By Herp News Meeting to be held in New York on May 29 hosted by Needham. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Facebook, Twitter to carry 24 hours of live rainforest animal sightings on Monday
By Herp News Next week, the rainforests of Southeast Asia are going live. On June 2nd, 11 organizations in the region will be posting lives video, photos, and wildlife sightings over 24 hours on Facebook and Twitter (see #rainforestlive). Dubbed Rainforest: Live, the initiative hopes to raise awareness of quickly vanishing ecosystems and species. Go […]
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The taste of turtle meat and fat
By Herp News The apprehension of Chinese poachers in our waters by the Philippine Coast Guard occurs so often that it does not readily make headline news. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Tree lizard clings to friend after launching itself from the ground
By Herp News Iwan Susanto, from Tangerang in Indonesia, photographed this tree lizard as it climbed up another lizard's tail in order to get to a high branch. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Ancient 'Fish Lizard' Graveyard Discovered Beneath Melting Glacier
By Herp News Dozens of nearly complete skeletons of prehistoric marine reptiles have been uncovered near a melting glacier in southern Chile. These creatures, whose Greek name means “fish lizards,” were a group of large, fast-swimming marine reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era, about 245 million to 90 million years ago. “They look a […]
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Unique program at Georgia Sea Turtle Center allows public an insider view
By Herp News Take a look inside the mysterious world of Jekyll Island's endangered sea turtles through a program called Ride with Night Patrol. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Venom: More fun than a bowl full of jelly
Who wouldn’t want to see snake venom turn a dish of blood to jelly? Fortunately io9.com has you covered: See it here… …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Tortoise Capital Advisors Announces Stockholder Approval of the Merger of TYG, TYY and TYN
By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors today announced that stockholders of its MLP closed-end funds Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. , Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. and Tortoise North American Energy Corp. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Universal antidote for snakebite: Experimental trial represents promising step toward
By Herp News Another promising step has been made toward developing a universal antidote for snakebite. The results of this pilot study revealed findings that support the team’s idea that providing fast, accessible, and easy-to-administer treatment can increase survival rates in victims of venomous snakebite. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]
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Appeal after stray reptile found
By Herp News The RSPCA is trying to trace the owners of an iguana found wandering down a street in Cardiff. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle Beach Corporation Signs IAVI as a Value-Added Distributor for HyperSound Directional Audio Products
By Herp News SAN DIEGO, May 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR), a leading innovator of audio products and solutions, today announced the addition of IAVI as a distributor for its HyperSound® … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Would you like a full-body python massage?
Would you find it a relaxing experience to have pythons crawl all over you? That’s the latest spa treatment at the Cebu City Zoo in the Philippines. Read about it here… …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Gator causes traffic woes in Montgomery County
By Herp News New Caney tow truck driver Slinky Knox got the call about 1:30 a.m. May 26, and helped Montgomery County Precinct 5 deputy constables remove an 8-foot alligator off San Jacinto River Bridge on Texas 242. He released the reptile back into the water. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]
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Scaly gem discovered in South American cloudforests
By Herp News Ecuadorian scientists have discovered a gem-looking new species of shade lizard in cloudforests of northwestern Ecuador. DNA data suggest that the closest relative of the new species is a widespread species living along the Pacific lowlands in Ecuador and Colombia. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]
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Parametric Sound Completes Name Change To Turtle Beach Corporation
By Herp News SAN DIEGO, May 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR), a leading innovator of audio products and solutions, has announced it has changed its name from Parametric Sound Corporation, … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Reptile Gardens hits the Guiness Book of World Records
South Dakota’s Reptile Gardens has made the big time: The Guiness Book of World Records has named it the world’s largest collection of reptiles. From The Rapid City Journal: Years ago, Reptile Gardens Public Relations Director Johnny Brockelsby, son of the founder, sent documentation to Guinness of the more than 200 species housed at the […]
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Indonesia’s forests increasingly empty of wildlife
By Herp News Tropical rainforests are the most species-rich ecosystems in the world. Each square kilometer has hundreds of tree species, birds and mammals, and countless other creatures. The idea that these forests could be devoid of animal life therefore seems ludicrous. Still the disappearance of birds, mammals and other species is what is happening […]
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Is Godzilla Really An ‘American Fatty’? We Asked A Lizard Expert
By Herp News Is Godzilla really an “American fatty”? We asked a lizard expert about the King of Monsters' health and habits. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Memorial Day 2014
In memory of all who served, from all of us at kingsnake.com. …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Illegal trade spikes in rare South Asian turtle: TRAFFIC
By Herp News A South Asian turtle famed for its polka dot skin is under growing threat of extinction as demand for it as an exotic pet booms, a wildlife monitoring group warned Friday. Hundreds of the black spotted … 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: Cute Frog!
Check out this video “Cute Frog,” submitted by kingsnake.com user PH FasDog. 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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New Species Of Shade Lizard Discovered In South American Cloudforests
By Herp News Pensoft Publishers Field and laboratory work by Omar Torres-Carvajal from Museo de Zoología QCAZ, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, and his former undergraduate student Simón Lobos has resulted in the discovery of a gem-looking new species of shade lizard from the cloudforests in northwestern Ecuador . This region is part of the […]
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Emerald-faced reptile discovered in Ecuador
By Herp News Researchers have discovered a colorful lizard species in the cloud forests of northwestern Ecuador. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Ipswich: Stowaway lizard causes a stir at animal centre after sneaking into Ipswich holidaymaker’s luggage in Portugal
By Herp News Meet Mr Hernandez, a jet-setting lizard who has caused quite a stir at a Suffolk animal centre. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Zero-deforestation commitments face acute challenges for commercial giants in the palm oil industry
By Herp News The path to zero-deforestation appears to be paved with good intentions, but how successful are these companies in staying on that path? A controversial proposal to construct a refinery in the wildlife-rich Balikpapan Bay in Indonesian Borneo highlights the challenges faced by both palm oil companies and conservationists in the face of […]
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Evolve™ Release Date Announced: The Hunt Begins on October 21, 2014
By Herp News 2K and Turtle Rock Studios, creators of the cooperative shooter classic Left 4 Dead, today announced that their upcoming multiplayer shooter experience Evolve™ will be released globally on October 21, 2014 for Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and PC. Go to Source …read […]
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