By Herp News Scientists have studied the widely distributed freshwater turtle, Mauremys rivulata. In spite of geographical barriers, the turtles are genetically very similar throughout their vast  distribution range. This would indicate that that animals cross hundreds of kilometers of sea. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]

By Herp News VALHALLA, N.Y., April 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Turtle Beach, the leading audio brand in the games industry, today announced a new multi-year licensing agreement with Blizzard Entertainment around the highly anticipated Heroes of the Storm™ multiplayer game. As part of the agreement, Turtle Beach will develop PC gaming headsets for both elite […]

A San Antonio TV station is questioning whether the rattlesnake in a field of bluebonnets featured in a viral Facebook photo is alive, or a taxidermied and posed dead snake. Given that the topic “snake in bluebonnets” has its own section on hoax debunker website Snopes.com, and it wouldn’t be the first time a taxidermist […]

By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors today announced the introduction of the Tortoise Select Opportunity Fund, an open-end mutual fund that has a dedicated focus on select opportunities acros Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The island night lizard was delisted as an endangered species in the US this week, after three decades of restoration efforts. Its recovery highlights an increased success rate in reestablishing endangered species. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The island night lizard was delisted as an endangered species in the US this week, after three decades of restoration efforts. Its recovery highlights an increased success rate in reestablishing endangered species. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Island night lizards and arroyo toads are bouncing back from peril, wildlife officials said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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By Herp News Climate change is contributing to a slew of global problems, from rising seas to desertification. Now, researchers have added another repercussion: shrinking salamanders. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News One of the world's largest crocodiles, suspected of eating six people, has been caught in Lake Victoria, Uganda. Terrified locals demanded officials hunt the reptile after it devoured its most recent victim, father-of-two Bosco Nyansi. The 1,000kg crocodile is also thought to have seriously injured other fishermen. Officials in Uganda believe the […]

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By Herp News SAN DIEGO, April 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach, the leading audio brand in the games industry, today announced that it will host two tournaments during PAX East, a major consumer video game event held in Boston from April 11 to 13. Major League Gaming (MLG), the global leader in eSports, will hold […]

Frogs aren’t well-equipped to migrate safely through the rush of automobile traffic. Last year, hundreds of protected northern red-legged frogs met their doom trying to cross an Oregon roadway. This year, things were different. From Oregon Live: After witnessing the N.W. Harborton Drive frog slaughter with his friend, Shawn Looney, Rob Lee started making calls […]

By Herp News Outdoor Tech is no stranger to the world of crowd funding. It's used Kickstarter to get past products like the Turtle Shell speaker off the ground. Now it's back with a bigger version of the Turtle that it calls, quite simply, the BIG Turtle Shell. This speaker brings more sound to the […]

By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. Shares Insights on the North American Energy Revolution at Wealth Management's April 3rd Live Webinar Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News At a time when Africa’s elephants are facing a relentless poaching crisis, one community has managed to safeguard their elephants in the most unlikely of places: Mali. In a country that has suffered from widespread poverty, environmental degradation, and, most recently, warfare, a collaboration between conservationists and the local community has kept […]

By Herp News It is often difficult to decide whether two animals belong to the same or two distinct species. This can be especially challenging for animals which externally look very similar. In a recent study, scientists use genetic data and calls analysis to test if treefrogs from West and Central Africa belong to different […]

When the tiny island night lizard (Xantusia riversiana) was first designated as threatened, kids were still putting safety pins through their ears and “God Save the Queen” was just released. But today, for the first time since 1977, it’s no longer considred to be in danger. The lizard is found only on four ilands — […]

Yesterday we made fun of the 49ers for banning reptiles from their new stadium. Now we feel bad, because apparently this is a thing: An Eastern brown snake turned up on an Australian rugby field the very next day. From ABC Australia: A one-metre brown snake on the NRL field at Robina took the ABC […]

By Herp News The Turtle Wax Label & Sticker Remover = WISEBUY, under specific circumstances. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News KOTA KINABALU : A report on the ‘turtle killing fields’ at Pulau Tiga (near Pulau Balambangan-Pulau Banggi Channel, north of Kudat) will be presented to the State Cabinet. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News In what is being hailed as an environmental victory for the U.S. Navy, the island night lizard has been taken off the list of federally endangered species. 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 March 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $465.0 million and its unaudi 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 March 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.0 billion and its unaudited net asset valu 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 March 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $422.8 million and its unau 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 March 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $238.4 million an Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise North American Energy Corp. today announced that as of March 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $295.7 million and its unaudited Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. today announced that as of March 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.2 billion and its unaudited net asse 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 March 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.4 billion and its unaudited n Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News This year the Hanta virus has already caused 15 deaths in Chile, according to reports in The Santiago Times. It isn’t always fatal—the 15 deaths were of a total of 36 cases over six months—but the symptoms are severe. Those affected experience flu-like symptoms, as well as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and trouble […]

By Herp News Just over two weeks ago, conservationists in the Malaysian state of Sabah managed to finally catch a wild Sumatran rhino female after months of failed attempts. But following such hopeful events, comes bad news thousands of miles away: a young female rhino, named Suci, died over the weekend at the Cincinnati Zoo. […]

A Michigan firefighter went into a burning building to save a pet 6-foot python trapped in his terrarium. From WXYZ: Muskegon firefighter Scott Hemmelsbach told The Muskegon Chronicle that he reluctantly agreed to enter the two-story, smoke-filled house Sunday night to retrieve the snake. He says he cradled the “weighty” snake before carrying it to […]

By Herp News Wildlife officials say a tiny lizard found only on Southern California's Channel Islands has been removed from the federal list of threatened species after 37 years. 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 Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on March 31, 2014 and cumulati 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 Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on March 31, 2014 and cumulati Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

You may love them, but your reptiles aren’t welcome at 49ers football games. Read more… Herpetologist Natalia Rossi talks about crocodiles in southeastern Cuba as part of a celebration of the contributions of women to the practice of conservation. Read more… The New York Times takes a look at rattlesnake “round-ups” and gassing… probably more […]

By Herp News Vietnam saved 431,000 kWh of electricity during last weekend's Earth Hour campaign, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. For one hour from 8.30pm to 9.30pm on March 29, Vietnamese from cities and provinces across the country joined the rest of the world in switching off non-essential lights as a symbol for their commitment […]

By Herp News Posted March 30, 2014, at 5:27 p.m. Kate Anderson of Concord, New Hampshire, laughs as Bruce, a ball python, slithers around her ball cap at the start of the Northeast Reptile Expo on Sunday at the Cross Insurance Center. Kate and her husband, Josh, own WTF Reptiles in New Hampshire. Go to […]

By Herp News Kenneth Cornelius Coleman of Riviera Beach, who is 52 years old, has pleaded guilty to egg poaching after sea turtle nests were found to be disturbed in Juno Beach. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A turtle which only lives in freshwater in America has been discovered on a beach in Hampshire. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links