By Herp News Carrying an alligator bag on an airline flight is fine, but live alligators are banned from boarding. That might explain why a toothy reptile was slithering around Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Friday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Carrying an alligator bag on an airline flight is fine, but live alligators are banned from boarding. That might explain why a toothy reptile was slithering around Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Friday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News He has counted sea-turtle nests in the Key West National Wildlife Refuge for nearly a quarter-century but federal biologist Tom Wilmers never saw a year like this. “It's a year beyond my wildest dreams,” Wilmers said. “It's phenomenal … fabulous.” Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]

By Herp News Edgar Ortega is a reptile guy. 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 Oct. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.1 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 North American Energy Corp. today announced that as of Oct. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $264.8 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 Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Oct. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $459.4 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 Oct. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.2 billion and its unaudited ne 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 Oct. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $399.0 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 Oct. 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $233.2 million and 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 Oct. 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 Researchers returning from an expedition to a cloud forest in Colombia have released photos of the world’s most recently-discovered carnivore, the olinguito. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Researchers returning from an expedition to a cloud forest in Colombia have released photos of the world’s most recently-discovered carnivore, the olinguito. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Police seized 16 pythons, a venomous snake and a lizard from a house in east Gatineau on Wednesday and a 24-year-old man is facing charges. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SINGAPORE – A monitor lizard was caught on camera taking a stroll near Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. A contributor to citizen journalism website Stomp sent in a picture, saying that he saw the lizard while he was in the vicinity today. He added that he was surprised to see the monitor lizard […]

Planning on heading for next year’s G20 Summit in Australia? Don’t bring your snake. From the Brisbane Times: Police have been granted the power to search anyone carrying eggs, cans of beans, model planes, surfboards, insects or reptiles near security areas, under new laws for the G20 summit. The G20 Safety and Security Bill was […]

By Herp News More than 25,000 green sea turtle nests were counted on 26 state beaches this year, more than twice the previous record. 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 Oct. 31, 2013 and cumulativ Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Police seized 16 pythons, a poisonous snake and a lizard from a house in east Gatineau on Wednesday and a 24-year-old man is facing charges. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A major premise of biology, as any high-schooler can tell you, is the study of the connections between organisms. Perhaps nowhere is there a better example of this than in Malaysia, where the population of Endangered Malayan tigers (Panthera tigris jacksoni) is being undercut by dwindling prey. A recent study by MYCAT, […]

By Herp News A major premise of biology, as any high-schooler can tell you, is the study of the connections between organisms. Perhaps nowhere is there a better example of this than in Malaysia, where the population of Endangered Malayan tigers (Panthera tigris jacksoni) is being undercut by dwindling prey. A recent study by MYCAT, […]

An alligator snapping turtle was found in Oregon reservoir last week. From KGW.com: It was the first time the invasive species was found in eastern Oregon, according to Rick Boatner of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The species is native to the southeastern United States, Boatner said. It can grow to 250 lbs. […]

By Herp News A rare turtle sighting is making waves on B.C.'s north coast. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News As long-time followers of The Prudent Speculator would be quick to attest, the ideas that we convey are simple and consistent. Like the turtle in the Tortoise and the Hare, we believe that long-term investment success favors those who hunt for value as opposed to chasers of hot trends. Readers of these […]

By Herp News With the help of DNA tests, scientists have declared a new dolphin species that dwells off the coast of northern Australia. The discovery was made after a team of researchers looked at the world’s humpback dolphins (in the genus Sousa), which sport telltale humps just behind their dorsal fins. While long-known to […]

By Herp News Green sea turtle nests have exceeded the state’s expectations this year. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Let’s go surfin’ now, all the snakes are learnin’ how… Okay, not all the snakes. But some Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes have been spotted on a Florida beach and in the ocean recently. From WFTV.com: Valeh Levy shot video Friday New Smyrna Beach but said her son was one of the first surfers to spot the […]

By Herp News An expedition to Cape York Peninsula in north-east Australia has found three vertebrate species new to science and isolated for millions of years — a bizarre looking leaf-tail gecko, a golden-colored skink and a boulder-dwelling frog. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Institutions and governments have been scanning human irises for years to verify one’s identity—Google has been using this method since 2011—but could iris-scanning be employed on other species as well? According to a new study in Amphibia-Reptila, the answer is ‘yes.’ Scientists have recently employed iris scanning to visually distinguish individuals of […]

By Herp News A new public-service campaign in China will ask potential ivory and rhino horn buyers to see the victims of these illicit trades in a new light: as the “pandas of Africa.” The posters are a part of WildAid’s ‘Say No to Ivory and Rhino Horn’ campaign, which was launched earlier in the […]

By Herp News 790 rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year, nearly a fifth higher than last year’s record toll, reports the Department of Environmental Affairs. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Why are so many humans afraid of snakes? Scientists may have the answer. From the LA Times: We’re not born with a fear of snakes, but it sure seems to develop early. Now scientists may be closer to a explaining why ophidiophobia ranks among the top fears of humans, and seems to be shared with […]

By Herp News Company's Equipment Care division becomes sole vendor and installer of Green Turtle's Retroceptor™ and Microceptor™ in-kitchen wastewater treatment solutions ST. PAUL, MN, Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Was the evolution of high-quality vision in our ancestors driven by the threat of snakes? New work supports this theory. In a new paper, researchers show that there are specific nerve cells in the brains of rhesus macaque monkeys that respond to images of snakes. Go to Source …read more Read more […]

By Herp News Researchers from James Cook University and National Geographic discovered three new herp species — a cryptic leaf-tail gecko, a colorful skink, and a frog — during an expedition to northeastern Australia. The species are described in three papers published in October in the journal Zootaxa. Go to Source …read more Read more […]

By Herp News A rambunctious reptile caused Regina firefighters to scramble Monday morning, but they soon scaled back their response. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Scientists have found what they're describing as a “lost world” on the northern tip of Queensland, Australia, hosting at least three previously undocumented species, including a frog that makes love in the rain. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News One of the world’s least-known flying foxes could face extinction by rising seas and changing precipitation patterns due to global warming, according to a new study in Zookeys. The research, headed by Donald Buden with the College of Micronesia, is the first in-depth study of the resident bats of the remote Mortlock […]

By Herp News The first corner on the Surfers Paradise track is not the place to be for a lizard. Photos Brian Hurst The first corner on the Surfers Paradise track is not the place to be for a lizard. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out this video “Bearded Dragon eating,” submitted by kingsnake.com user captainjwl. 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