By Herp News BACHOK: A hawksbill turtle that landed on Pantai Chenang Laut in Tawang here on Tuesday surprised villagers as it was the first of such sighting in decades. Kampung Padang Nibong residents went in droves to the beach after news spread about the discovery of the hawksbill by a teenager about 4.30pm. Mohd […]

By Herp News Lizard-like robots with sticky feet may one day work on spacecraft like the International Space Station, saving astronauts from making as many dangerous spacewalks. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Lizard-like robots with sticky feet may one day work on spacecraft like the International Space Station, saving astronauts from making as many dangerous spacewalks. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Each year, a German conservation organization called NABU lists those animals it considers most in need of protection in the coming year. This year, one of those animals is the yellow-bellied toad: See the rest of the animals NABU thinks need special protection here. Photo: dw.de …read more Read more here: King Snake No products […]

Check out our Herp Video of the Week, “Corn Snake Morphs and Genetics,” submitted by kingsnake.com user boa2cobras. 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 […]

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Dec. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.0 billion and its unaudited net asset value 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 Dec. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $408.8 million and its unaud 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 Dec. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $234.6 million and 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 Dec. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $284.6 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 Dec. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.2 billion and its unaudited net asset 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 Dec. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $453.8 million and its unaudit 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 Dec. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.3 billion and its unaudited ne Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A reserve that is home to the world’s largest population of the critically endangered blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis) has been more than doubled in size, reports the American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a group that helped fund the expansion. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]

By Herp News Byline: The Lizard lifeboat has launched just after 1:30 this morning (New Year's Day) to a report of a person having been swept into the sea off the Lizard Peninsular. Page Content: Falmouth Coastguard tasked The Lizard lifeboat crew to search the sea off Loe Bar between Porthleven and Gunwalloe, the Lizard, […]

By Herp News Endless rain. Loneliness. Years of agonizingly slow research. Bouts of malaria. Despite it all, a community of scientists in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are working to chart the smallest animal and the most obscure plant – the building blocks of the universe. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News The Outdoor Technology Turtle Shell 2.0 portable Bluetooth speaker can get quite loud for its size, but it suffers from some distortion woes on bass-heavy genres. 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 Dec. 31, 2013 and cumulativ Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Scientific American has the top ten weird animal stories of 2013, including this amphibious tale: For Emei moustache toads, a top-quality moustache is an essential, and violent, weapon … During the breeding season, each male grows 10 to 16 spines. “They are as sharp as a pencil lead” says Cameron Hudson of the University of […]

By Herp News Since 1985, the Turtle Island Quartet has forged a name for itself as a classically based string quartet that plays jazz. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Like every year, wildlife conservation had its ups and downs in 2013. Elephant and rhino poaching hit levels unseen since the 1970′s, but there were nascent signs of growing awareness in China on the impacts of wildlife trade, including official bans on the serving of wildlife products at official state affairs. Meanwhile […]

By Herp News There are only 13 Lizard junipers in the Gew Graze Valley on the Lizard Peninsula and they are failing to regenerate. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Conservationists hope to save an “extremely rare” plant which is only found in the wild in the UK in one valley in Cornwall. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Parametric Sound Corporation , a leading innovator of audio technology and solutions, announced today that, at a special meeting of stockholders held on December 27, 2013, Parametric stockholders overwhelmingly … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out our Herp Video of the Week, “Caiman lizards at the Nashville zoo,” submitted by kingsnake.com user jw. 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. […]

By Herp News 2013 was full of major developments in efforts to understand and protect the world’s tropical rainforests. The following is a review of some of the major tropical forest-related news stories for the year. As a review, this post will not cover everything that transpired during 2013 in the world of tropical forests. […]

By Herp News Somehow, Meghan the turtle made a wrong turn – and meandered about 1,000 miles too far to the north. Normally, her kind prefers warm tropical waters near South America.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The Loggerhead Marinelife Center says the first-ever occurrence of an olive ridley sea turtle stranding in Palm Beach County occurred on Christmas Day. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors mourns the loss of Dr. John R. Graham, a valued and influential founding member of its closed-end fund board of directors, who died on Dec. 20, 2013 after Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A LIZARD was killed in a house fire in Leigh. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be overturned, according … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Miami — A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be overturned, according to a lawsuit filed by a reptile industry trade Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]

By Herp News Reptile industry trade association sues US government to overturn ban on 4 giant snake species         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be overturned, according to a lawsuit filed by a reptile industry trade association. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]

Eighteen days and still there is no fence.Eighteen days doesn’t sound like a long time does it? To me it feels like forever.When I was younger a horse threw me into a fence. I bounced off the fence and slammed into the ground. I didn’t pass out but I lay there unable to breath for […]

By Herp News A LIZARD was killed in a house fire in Leigh. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out our Herp Video of the Week, “The Normal Ball Python,” submitted by kingsnake.com user boa2cobras. 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 […]

By Herp News Thousands of species were scientifically described for the first time in 2013. Many of these were ‘cryptic species’ that were identified after genetic analysis distinguished them from closely-related species, while others were totally novel. Below are some of the most interesting “new species” discoveries that took place or were formally announced in […]

By Herp News U.S. calls ban necessary to protect wildlife A reptile industry trade group has gone to court to overturn a federal ban on the import of four species of large snake, including the Burmese pythons that have infested the Everglades.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women. During a heart attack, a blocked arte Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links