By Herp News Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. today announced that as of June 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $234.7 million and Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Forensic-dating could end a major loophole in the current global ban on ivory, according to a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Scientists have developed a method to determine the age of ivory, allowing traders to tell the difference between ivory taken before the ban in […]

By Herp News According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, amphibians are the most threatened group of animals on Earth: currently around 30 percent of the world’s amphibians are listed as threatened with extinction. However this percentage doesn’t include those species about which too little is known to evaluate (26 percent). Amphibians face […]

By Herp News A reptile found abandoned in a supermarket toilet may be linked to the dumping of a bearded dragon in the same area two years ago. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News New FWC manatee and sea turtle decals give people another chance to celebrate the 500-year anniversary of Juan Ponce de Leon’s arrival on Florida shores and support conservation of these iconic Florida species. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SSPCA sleuths are investigating the curious case of the lizard in the loo. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out this video “Garter Snake Eating Toad,” submitted by kingsnake.com user naturebreak. 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

By Herp News Mumbai, June 30 — The phone rings. Bleary-eyed, I look at my watch. It’s 3.30 am. Part of me wants to tell the receptionist that I’m on vacation before slamming the receiver. Instead, I tell him I’ll be down in 15 minutes. This isn’t your usual holiday. You don’t wake up late, […]

By Herp News The Great Indian Bustard, one of India’s iconic birds, once ranged across most of the Indian subcontinent. Due to a variety of factors, however, the Great Indian Bustard is also now India’s rarest bird and faces imminent extinction. The following is an interview with Ramki Sreenivasan, co-founder of Conservation India, a group […]

I have just put my turtles in my pond. But now I’m worried cause I don’t see them sunbave and when I give them food they don’t swim up to get it. what sould I do? …read more Read more here: Turtle Times No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Watching her first crested gecko hatchling tentatively break out of its shell and peer onto the world is something that Jennifer O’Connor will never forget.The Elgin resident joined a few hundred people at the Chicagoland Repticon show Saturday at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles. Go to Source …read more Read […]

I recently found a dehydrated box turtle that had been hit by a car in the middle of the road. Rocki (the turtle) is fine and wasn’t injured by the car. However, I have never owned a turtle before, and I feel the need to be cautious about how I treat her. I would hate […]

By Herp News A female green sea turtle has displayed a champion’s ability to overcome obstacles. The turtle was rescued from a crab trap line off Key West four years ago, with a left front flipper so badly damaged it had to be amputated. Released after rehabilitation, the turtle – nicknamed Margarita – was discovered […]

By Herp News A female green sea turtle has displayed a champion’s ability to overcome obstacles. The turtle was rescued from a crab trap line off Key West four years ago, with a left front flipper so badly damaged it had to be amputated. Released after rehabilitation, the turtle – nicknamed Margarita – was discovered […]

By Herp News Photo courtesy of Loggerhead Marinelife Center Posted by Miranda Grossman / CBS12 News JUNO BEACH, Fla. — A female green sea turtle, once found entangled in a crab trap line, was found nesting in Tequesta, by 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 June 28, 2013 and cumulativ Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The critically endangered Sumatran tiger may be even rarer than previously thought, reports a study published in the journal Oryx. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

A long time ago, before there was a Frankie, when I was a Wanna-Be-A-Sulcata-Owner, I hung out with turtle people to learn more about sulcata tortoises. I really wanted to have a sulcata so I listened very carefully to sulcata owners for tips and advise. One of those sulcata owners had a large 20 year […]

While dogs are America’s most desired pet, and 21 percent of people rated snakes as the most terrifying of all animals, a hefty 18 percent say they want… a pet dinosaur. From National Geographic: Public Policy Polling interviewed 603 registered voters by telephone between June 11 and 13, asking them 36 questions relating to their […]

By Herp News Koko is a 1-year-old tortoise-shell kitten with a medium, orange and black coat. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News During one night in March, horse-riding poachers slaughtered 89 elephants in Chad, including over 30 pregnant mothers. Now officials say they have caught the ringleader behind the mass-killing: Hassan Idriss, also known as Gargaf. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Just two year’s before his assassination, Julius Caesar brought to Rome one of the world’s most astonishing living creatures: a giraffe. The animal was among Caesar’s spoils from his campaign in Egypt and according to the Roman writer, Dio, the giraffe, which was arguably the first to ever touch European soil, was […]

By Herp News Speaking from his current home city of Los Angeles, David Yow answers his cell with a cartoonishly protracted, “Yeeeeaaahhhello” that sounds deceptively like the start of an outgoing voice mail… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Australia is hoping to put a permanent end to Japan’s annual slaughter of hundreds of whales in the Southern Ocean, in a landmark legal challenge that begins this week. Australia, a vocal opponent of Japan’s annual “scientific” hunts in the Antarctic, says it is confident that the international court of justice (ICJ) […]

A German snake expert lost his life after being bitten by a viper during an educationl presentation in France. From Time: Dieter Zorn, 53, was in the middle of a presentation about reptiles when he was bitten several times by an Aspic viper. Due to a rare allergy, he suffered a heart attack and died […]

By Herp News SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A two-headed turtle has hatched at the San Antonio Zoo and officials have named her Thelma and Louise.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A two-headed turtle has hatched at the San Antonio Zoo and officials have named her Thelma and Louise. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A two-headed turtle has hatched at the San Antonio Zoo and officials have named her Thelma and Louise.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A two-headed turtle has hatched at the San Antonio Zoo and officials have named her Thelma and Louise. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

There’s a new organization in the science world, the Ugly Animal Preservation Society (UAPS), “dedicated to raising the profile of some of Mother Nature’s more aesthetically challenged children.” The organization’s president, Simon Watt, is fed up with pandas getting all the attention. From Discovery News: Watt, who is also an evolutionary biologist, and his team […]

By Herp News A previously unknown species of bird has been found hiding in plain sight after scientists photographed what was thought to be more abundant species at a construction site on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capitol and largest city. Subsequent analysis revealed the species to be distinct. Go to Source …read more […]

By Herp News Environmental award winner Hermann Frank of Timaru says he’s pleased to be recognised, but mostly he’s pleased with the local awareness of lizards and the way conservation of them has increased over the last four years. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News CHURUBUSCO, Ind. – Deep beneath the murky waters of Fulk Lake, a giant turtle – a monster, they say – trolls along the muck, looking for food and avoiding humanity. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A Timaru man’s efforts to research and protect lizards has received national recognition. Hermann Frank is one of six people to receive Forest and Bird’s Old Blue Award for services to conservation this year. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The eccentric animal presided over a lonely desert some 260 million years ago, when Earth was home to a single continent, Pangaea. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SEATTLE, June 25 (UPI) — U.S. paleontologists say a bizarre reptile with knobbly growths on its head roamed a vast, isolated desert about 260 million years ago. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News What region of the world has the most imperiled mammals? Where are the most bird species found? And where are new amphibians being discovered? Indonesia and Malaysia is the answer to the first question; the Amazon, the second; and the Andes, the third. A new study in the Proceedings of the National […]

By Herp News Plants possess receptors which are similar to the glutamate receptors in the brain of humans and animals. Biochemists have discovered that these receptors do not, however, recognize the amino acid glutamate, but many other different amino acids. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Environmental contamination is causing some alligator populations to have difficulty reproducing. From Living Alongside Wildlife: When the sizes of penises were compared between lakes, alligators in Lake Apopka had on average 24% smaller penises than alligators in Lake Woodruff. When the time came for these juveniles to reproduce, this significant reduction in penis size made […]

By Herp News Byline: The Lizard RNLI host moving ceremony for families remembering the loss of the coaster Ardgarry Page Content: The Lizard RNLI lifeboat station has played host to an extraordinary gathering of families who lost relatives in a shipping disaster in December 1962. Around a hundred people came together for the first time […]