When the male túngara frog whispers sweet nothings into his loved one’s ear, it’s not a private conversation. From Wired: Male túngara frogs, native to Central and South America, gather at night in shallow ponds and call to attract females. They space themselves out carefully, each male defending a small calling site. Competition for females […]

By Herp News Washington, February 13 (ANI): A new study has claimed that Ichthyosaur fossils may show the earliest live birth from an ancient Mesozoic marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were giant marine reptiles that evolved from land reptiles and moved to the water. Ryosuke Motani and his colleagues from the University of California, Davis, reported a […]

By Herp News A live birth reptile fossil found recently has scientists dumbfounded, pre-dating the current record by millions of years. It was previously believed that reptiles bore young tail-first, and mammals gave birth to their young head-first. According to National Geographic, the … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News A new fossil that captures both birth and death reveals the earliest ancestors of the giant prehistoric sea predators called ichthyosaurs birthed their babies headfirst, according to a new study. Until now, researchers thought live birth first appeared in marine reptiles after they took to the seas, Motani said. Go to Source […]

By Herp News The oldest embryos of a dinosaur-era sea reptile show that ichthyosaurs gave birth on land, a surprising discovery.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Ichthyosaur fossil may show the earliest live birth from an ancient Mesozoic marine reptile, according to a study published February 12, 2014 in PLOS ONE by Ryosuke Motani from the University of California, Davis, and colleagues. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A fossil freezes in time the moment when a reptile that lived before dinosaurs gave birth. Continue reading → Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The long-distance relocation of nuisance animals may appear to benefit both people and wildlife, but often the animals end up dead. Research suggests such human/animal conflicts are best solved with short-distance relocations instead. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Brazilian-born shoe designer Alexandre Birman, known for feminine, whimsical shoes crafted in exotic reptile skins, found fitting inspiration in Henri Rousseau's jungle-themed painting The Dream. The painting depicts a reclining nude on a velvet couch (Freud having been the big trend in 1910) dreaming about snakes, lions, exotic birds, a gorilla playing […]

By Herp News Yesterday, the Obama administration announced an ambitious new strategy to help tackle the global illegal wildlife trade, including a near-complete ban on commercial ivory. The new strategy will not only push over a dozen federal agencies to make fighting wildlife trafficking a new priority, but will also focus on reducing demand for […]

No, alligators and crocodiles can’t fly, but they can climb trees, suggests research at the University of Tennessee. From Science Daily: Vladimir Dinets, a research assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, is the first to thoroughly study the tree-climbing and -basking behavior. The research is published in the journal Herpetology. Dinets and his colleagues […]

By Herp News His office couldn't produce the goods, but Prime Minister John Key is fighting back. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Turtle Beach, the leading brand in gaming audio, today announced that the company¹s highly anticipated line of Xbox One compatible headsets will be available at retail on March 7 worldwide. The XO Series … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Turtle Beach, the gaming audio brand in the games industry, today announced that the company's highly anticipated line of Xbox One compatible headsets will be available at retail on March 7 worldwide. … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The Critically Endangered European eel makes one of the most astounding migrations in the wild kingdom. After spending most of its life in Europe’s freshwater rivers, the eel embarks on an undersea odyssey, traveling 6,000 kilometers (3,720 miles) to the Sargasso Sea where it will spawn and die. The long-journeying eels larva […]

By Herp News Biologists recently documented one of nature’s least-known, big events. On the banks of the Purus River in the Brazilian Amazon, researchers witnessed the mass-hatching of an estimated 210,000 giant South American river turtles (Podocnemis expansa). The giant South American river turtle, or Arrau, is the world’s largest side-necked turtle and can grow […]

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By Herp News GRAND FORKS – A Grand Forks casino run by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa is far from becoming reality, said City Council members and tribal representatives, who presented a proposal for the project Monday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The closed-end funds managed by Tortoise Capital Advisors declared the following distributions today: Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Cambodia has set aside an area of forest just slightly smaller than Singapore to protect the country’s national bird: the giant ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea). Listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List, the giant ibis is down to just a few hundred birds. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News Almost nothing is known about the little dodo, a large, archaic, pigeon-like bird found only on the islands of Samoa. Worse still, this truly bizarre bird is on the verge of extinction, following the fate of its much more famous relative, the dodo bird. Recently, conservationists estimated that fewer than 200 survived […]

Of course, at kingsnake.com, we like alligators. Tom and Consandra Christmas in Mississippi don’t feel the same, at least when the reptiles are roaming around their front yard, which tye are. And they know who they blame: ExxonMobil, who they say managed their nearby property in such a way to drive more than 80 gators […]

By Herp News Turtle Beach is well known in the gaming community, with its gaming headsets favourites of tournament players. So you might be thinking what is a gaming headset company doing designing a headset with Apple users in mind. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News First footage promised for the 11th Febuary. The good folk of Turtle Rock Studios have made a lot of noise as of late about their upcoming four-versus-one monster hunting shooter Evolve. But despite giving an exclusive info blowout to a popular US magazine – as well as, bafflingly, the pre-order bonuses – […]

By Herp News These three Australian bands will all be touring in March and April. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News J.D. Willson, assistant professor of biological sciences, is available to comment on the recent discovery of a 17-foot, 8-inch Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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By Herp News Scientists have made an intensive survey and published the first distribution maps for lizards in Qatar. The study has increased the list of lizard species present in Qatar from 15 species recorded up to 2004 to 21 species. The study fills a gap concerning reptile diversity knowledge in Qatar and the Gulf […]

By Herp News Chitwan National Park is a conservation success story. Since its establishment in 1973 the park’s populations of both Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) and one-horned rhinos (Rhinoceros unicornis) have quintupled, a success achieved during a time when both species have been under siege globally by poachers. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the […]

Thirteen iguanas, one of them dead, were found crammed into a suitcase at Heathrow Airport in London. The surviving lizards are being cared for by veterinary specialists in the UK. From Sky.com: Officers found the reptiles in a case while carrying out customs checks at Terminal 5 on Monday. Each one was wrapped in an […]

Thirteen iguanas, one of them dead, were found crammed into a suitcase at Heathrow Airport in London. The surviving lizards are being cared for by veterinary specialists in the UK. From Sky.com: Officers found the reptiles in a case while carrying out customs checks at Terminal 5 on Monday. Each one was wrapped in an […]

By Herp News Chocohuital (Mexico) (AFP) – Well before his incredible tale of survival in a 13-month Pacific odyssey, fellow Mexican fishermen say Jose Salvador Alvarenga consumed the very things he claims saved him: raw fish and turtle blood. But a young man who accompanied him on the shark fishing trip in late 2012 died, […]

By Herp News The tuatara is an ancient reptile with three eyes and no penis. Its ancestors once walked with dinosaurs and it is often called a “living fossil”. These strange features are just a few reasons why Zealandia is celebrating this unique species during Tuatara February. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News Chocohuital (Mexico) (AFP) – Well before his incredible tale of survival in a 13-month Pacific odyssey, fellow Mexican fishermen say Jose Salvador Alvarenga consumed the very things he claims saved him: raw fish and turtle blood. But a young man who accompanied him on the shark fishing trip in late 2012 died, […]

By Herp News The tuatara is an ancient reptile with three eyes and no penis. Its ancestors once walked with dinosaurs and it is often called a “living fossil”. We call it a “living treasure”. These strange features are just a few reasons why Zealandia … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News Pensoft Publishers The state of Qatar occupies a small peninsula of 11,500 km2 within the Arabian Peninsula . Both Qatar's population and economy have increased rapidly during the last decades, thus putting a strong pressure on native species. The commitment of the Qatari government towards sustainable development has triggered a variety of […]

By Herp News The genus Bombus consists of over 250 species of large, nectar-loving bumblebees. Their bright coloration serves as a warning to predators that they are unwelcome prey and their bodies are covered in a fine coat of hair – known as pile – which gives them their characteristically fuzzy look. Bumblebees display a […]

The fascinating body structures of sea snakes which adapt them for life in water are being studied by University of Adelaide researchers as inspiration for a marine robot – the first of its kind. Postgraduate mechanical engineering research student Amy Watson and a team of engineering, environmental science and computer science researchers will use the […]

By Herp News Huskies Appear To Be Rich In Guards After Napier Era Athens Christian didn't have much to lose, trailing by 20 points with less than five minutes left, facing the end of the season.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Golf, surf and sea creatures are among the attractions that beckon visitors to Turtle Bay Resort on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links