By Herp News Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of May 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.0 billion and its unaudited net Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Jun 03
Jun 03
Threatened frogs palmed off as forests disappear
By Herp News The study describes how forests converted to palm oil plantations are causing threatened forest dwelling frogs to vanish, resulting in an overall loss of habitat that is important for the conservation of threatened frog species in the region. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]
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Scientists describe over 100 new beetles from New Guinea
By Herp News In a single paper, a team of researchers have succinctly described 101 new species of weevils from New Guinea, more than doubling the known species in the beetle genus, Trigonopterus. Since describing new species is hugely laborious and time-intensive, the researchers turned to a new method of species description known as ‘turbo-taxonomy,’ […]
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Scientists describe over 100 new beetles from New Guinea
By Herp News In a single paper, a team of researchers have succinctly described 101 new species of weevils from New Guinea, more than doubling the known species in the beetle genus, Trigonopterus. Since describing new species is hugely laborious and time-intensive, the researchers turned to a new method of species description known as ‘turbo-taxonomy,’ […]
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'Reptile Guy' scheduled to appear in court
By Herp News A man accused of animal neglect is scheduled to appear before a judge on Monday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Why numbers matter when it comes to saving frogs
Want to do something about declining amphibian populations? It’s as easy as 1-2-3. Karen Lips is an amphibian ecologist and tropical biologist. She recently wrote a Live Science op-ed about her experience tracking frog populations in Panama, and those of other scientists doing the same thing around the world, showing devastating declines in frog numbers. […]
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Reptile had power to block economic progress
By Herp News You know how some issues and things have legs? Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Herp Video of the Week: Perfect Bearded Dragon
Check out this video “The Perfect Bearded Dragon,” submitted by kingsnake.com user oregonsnakes. 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
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Turtle Beach Announces Acton As Distribution Partner In China
By Herp News – Acton will help Turtle Beach meet the growing Chinese consumer demand for video game accessories VALHALLA, New York, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Turtle Beach( http://www.turtlebeach.com ), leading audio … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle Beach Announces Acton As Distribution Partner In China
By Herp News – Acton will help Turtle Beach meet the growing Chinese consumer demand for video game accessories VALHALLA, New York, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Turtle Beach( http://www.turtlebeach.com ), leading audio … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle Beach Announces Acton As Distribution Partner In China
By Herp News VALHALLA, N.Y., June 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach , leading audio brand in games, today announced the appointment of Acton as the exclusive distributor of Turtle Beach gaming headsets in China. … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle nesting season off to slow start in most of Collier, south Lee
By Herp News Turtle nesting season took a hit in 2012 at the start of hurrcane season but ended up as a good year. This year, there is a low start. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Section 19(a) Notice
By Herp News This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on May 31, 2013 and cumulative Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Section 19(a) Notice
By Herp News This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on May 31, 2013 and cumulative Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Section 19(a) Notice
By Herp News This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on May 31, 2013 and cumulative Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Scientists unlock secrets of the turtle's shell
A fossil stored unnoticed in a museum may hold the secret to a question that’s plagued scientists for decades: How did the turtle get his shell? From Boston.com: It’s a question so obvious a schoolchild can ask it, but for more than a century, consensus has eluded the paleontologists and evolutionary biologists who study the […]
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Lizard found in banana box in Devon
By Herp News A lizard from the Caribbean is found alive at a Devon farm in a box of bananas imported from the Dominican Republic. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Frankie Tortoise Tails – I Did This!
It was a long hard day in the house cleaning and cleaning. And cleaning. Cleaning. You get the picture. And I did two loads of laundry. That’s enough. I go into the kitchen and grab a carrot so I can have a leisurely visit with my favorite shelled wonder: Frankie. Right off I see him […]
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Croaking chorus of Cuban frogs make noisy new neighbors
By Herp News Scientists have shown the adverse impact of invasive frog species’ songs. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Endangered painted turtle tussles for survival in Abbotsford's Mill Lake
By Herp News Abbotsford's Reptile Guy Mike Hopcraft shows off an invasive turtle, the red eared slider, that's putting serious pressure on the endangered native species at Mill Lake. The sliders, tossed into the lake as unwanted pets, are competing with the western painted turtle for food, nesting space and habitat. Go to Source …read […]
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Endangered painted turtle tussles for survival in Abbotsford's Mill Lake
By Herp News Abbotsford's Reptile Guy Mike Hopcraft shows off an invasive turtle, the red eared slider, that's putting serious pressure on the endangered native species at Mill Lake. The sliders, tossed into the lake as unwanted pets, are competing with the western painted turtle for food, nesting space and habitat. Go to Source …read […]
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How did the turtle get its shell?
By Herp News How did the turtle get its shell? It’s a question so obvious a schoolchild can ask it, but for more than a century, consensus has eluded the scientists who study the reptiles and their bony carapaces. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]
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How did the turtle get its shell?
By Herp News How did the turtle get its shell? It’s a question so obvious a schoolchild can ask it, but for more than a century, consensus has eluded the scientists who study the reptiles and their bony carapaces. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]
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How did the turtle get its shell?
By Herp News How did the turtle get its shell? It’s a question so obvious a schoolchild can ask it, but for more than a century, consensus has eluded the scientists who study the reptiles and their bony carapaces. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]
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How turtles got their shells: Fossil of extinct South African reptile provides clues
By Herp News Through careful study of an ancient ancestor of modern turtles, researchers now have a clearer picture of how the turtles' most unusual shell came to be. The findings help to fill a 30- to 55-million-year gap in the turtle fossil record through study of an extinct South African reptile known as Eunotosaurus. […]
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How turtles got their shells: Fossil of extinct South African reptile provides clues
By Herp News Through careful study of an ancient ancestor of modern turtles, researchers now have a clearer picture of how the turtles' most unusual shell came to be. The findings help to fill a 30- to 55-million-year gap in the turtle fossil record through study of an extinct South African reptile known as Eunotosaurus. […]
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Reptile Guy encourages restrictions on selling turtles
By Herp News Mike Hopcraft says red-eared slider turtles are being released into the wild, damaging ecosystems Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Reptile Guy encourages restrictions on selling turtles
By Herp News Mike Hopcraft says red-eared slider turtles are being released into the wild, damaging ecosystems Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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How the turtles got their shells
By Herp News Through careful study of an ancient ancestor of modern turtles, researchers now have a clearer picture of how the turtles’ most unusual shell came to be. The findings help to fill a 30- to 55-million-year gap in the turtle fossil record through study of an extinct South African reptile known as Eunotosaurus. […]
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Scientists discover that turtles began living in shells much earlier than once thought
By Herp News Unique among Earth’s creatures, turtles are the only animals to form a shell on the outside of their bodies through a fusion of modified ribs, vertebrae and shoulder girdle bones. The turtle shell is a unique modification, and how and when it originated has fascinated and confounded biologists for more than two […]
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Lizard Spotted On Mars?
By Herp News A blogger claims to have spotted a lizard in a photograph of Mars. While studying a picture of the Red Planet taken by the Curiosity… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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How the turtle got its shell
By Herp News The turtle has been in no rush to give up the secret of its shell but new research led by Yale's Tyler Lyson sheds light on a structure unique in the history of life. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Saving Gorongosa: E.O. Wilson on protecting a biodiversity hotspot in Mozambique
By Herp News If you fly over the Great African Rift Valley from its northernmost point in Ethiopia, over the great national parks of Kenya and Tanzania, and follow it south to the very end, you will arrive at Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique. Plateaus on the eastern and western sides of the park […]
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Saving Gorongosa: E.O. Wilson on protecting a biodiversity hotspot in Mozambique
By Herp News If you fly over the Great African Rift Valley from its northernmost point in Ethiopia, over the great national parks of Kenya and Tanzania, and follow it south to the very end, you will arrive at Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique. Plateaus on the eastern and western sides of the park […]
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Tortoise Hypothesis: How The Opposition Will Re-Elect Jonathan In 2015 By Bolaji Eletta
By Herp News By Bolaji Eletta, PhD The opposition players and activists in Nigeria are campaigning for GEJ! If my permutations on the workings of the heart of the average Nigerian is right (I have not been wrong on too many occasions), I can authoritatively declare that Goodluck Jonathan will remain President of the Republic […]
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Giant tortoise found wandering in neighborhood
By Herp News JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– A giant reptile was spotted in an Arlington neighborhood Tuesday evening. It took some collaboration to get it to shelter, but the question now is: where did it… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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The Turtle and the Hare
By Herp News We got modest final Q1 GDP data (the Turtle) and weaker fresh weekly claims data (the Hare). Does this stop the Taper Sooner crowd in its tracks? Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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A Striped Visitor
I derive great pleasure from feeding wild birds. The squirrel-proof hanging feeder has been in the same place in a tall crepe myrtle shrub outside my office window for years, and many common and a few uncommon birds visit it daily or occasionally. One day, a couple of years ago, I swiveled my chair to […]
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Brittney Griner poses with giant reptile on ESPN The Magazine
By Herp News Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) celebrates after dunking the ball during the second half against the Chicago Sky at US Airways Center. / Casey Sapio, USA TODAY Sports Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Brittney Griner poses with giant reptile on ESPN The Magazine
By Herp News Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) celebrates after dunking the ball during the second half against the Chicago Sky at US Airways Center. / Casey Sapio, USA TODAY Sports Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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