By Herp News As mama sea turtles begin arriving along area beaches to lay their eggs, area officials are reminding coastal residents that it's time once again to shield or turn off lights that can lead turtles astray. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The beginning of sea turtle nesting season in Southwest Florida is upon us once again. May 1 marked the “official” start of nesting season, but Captiva was the lucky recipient of the first loggerhead nest on the west coast on Sunday, April 28. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News Ordinarily, invasive and exotic species are a grave threat to native wildlife: outcompeting local species, introducing parasites and disease, and disturbing local ecological regimes. A unique case in the Brazilian Pantanal, however, has turned the tables; here, an introduced mammal has actually aided the conservation of native wildlife. Go to Source …read […]

By Herp News A new powerful video by the conservation program, APES, highlights the threat faced by many species: not being cute enough. The creative short video was produced pro bono by Ogilvy & Mather Chicago. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

A schoolteacher’s son has discovered a new species of toad in Qatar. From the Gulf Times: It turned out to be a hitherto unrecorded species: the African Common Toad or Guttural Toad (Amietophrynus gutturalis). Easily recognisable from its pale dorsal stripe. New species of fauna turn up in Qatar all the time – this dry […]

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By Herp News An endangered lemur has a larger range than originally believed but is still at risk due to forest fragmentation and land clearing, reports a study published in the journal Primate Conservation. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

I am mother to a teenage sulcata tortoise. I brought out a carrot for Frankie and called to him, “Treat! Wanna carrot?! Carrot. Treat! Treat! Frankie, do you want a carrot? I got a carrot. Come get your carrot.” I got no response. Frankie’s been living outside now for a couple of weeks. His yard […]

By Herp News The Turtle Tidal Wave, yet another good-natured fundraiser sponsored by the Vacaville Rotary Club, washed over Vacaville on Saturday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News One of Turtle Bay Exploration Park’s featured animals will get nationwide exposure this month when he appears on the Fox comedy “New Girl.” Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Thanks to the power of kids, the endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle is now the top turtle in the great state of Texas. From The Houston Chronicle: The Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle, an endangered species that nests between South Padre Island and Chambers County, was approved as the state’s official sea turtle by the Texas […]

By Herp News In “Turtle Hill, Brooklyn,” a gay couple are unsettled emotionally, as are many of their party guests, for varied reasons.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Ricardo Valdez, left, and Brian W. Seibert in “Turtle Hill, Brooklyn.” During a party near the end of “Turtle Hill, Brooklyn,” a bunch of buddies soaking in a pool wonder what the name of the titular neighborhood means. No one is quite sure; then they laugh; then the subject changes. Go to […]

By Herp News The Greater Mekong region of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Vietnam will lose a third of its remaining forest cover by 2030 unless regional governments improve management of natural resources and transition toward a greener growth model, warns a new report issued by WWF. Go to Source …read more Read more […]

By Herp News The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers. $Buy Tickets by clicking on a linked showtime. Enter your ZIP code or city to view tickets and showtimes in your area. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Hobbyists have always had an interest in locality-specific corn snakes, Pantherophis guttatus guttatus. References to Miami phase, Okeetee phases, Florida Key phases, and others are commonplace in the hobby. But there are in Florida alone several other locales in which corn snakes, although variable to a degree, are of characteristic colors and patterns. One such […]

By Herp News Bears do it, bats do it, and now we know lemurs do it too: hibernate, that is. Since 2005, scientists have known that the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur hibernates, but a new study in Scientific Reports finds that hibernation is more widespread among lemurs than expected. At least two additional lemur species—Crossley’s […]

By Herp News Bears do it, bats do it, and now we know lemurs do it too: hibernate, that is. Since 2005, scientists have known that the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur hibernates, but a new study in Scientific Reports finds that hibernation is more widespread among lemurs than expected. At least two additional lemur species—Crossley’s […]

By Herp News Rest easy, everyone. Texas now has an official state sea turtle.Thanks to a unanimous vote Thursday by the Texas Senate, the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — a most-endangered native species that ranges from South Padre Island to Chambers County near Beaumont — will join a list of official state animals. Go to […]

By Herp News What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely different environments. A new paper in Folia Primatologica theorizes that some 60 primate species and […]

By Herp News What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely different environments. A new paper in Folia Primatologica theorizes that some 60 primate species and […]

By Herp News Illegal trafficking of two critically endangered tortoise species from Madagascar has reached epidemic proportions. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Equatorial Guinea is not a country that stands very large in the American consciousness. In fact most Americans think you mean Papua New Guinea when you mention it or are simply baffled. When I left for Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea, I also knew almost nothing about the island, the nation, or […]

A snake slithered into a Florida wedding ceremony, then curled into the shape of a heart in an apparent blessing on the couple’s nuptials. From First Coast News: A snake slid its way into the wedding ceremony at a Jacksonville Beach hotel, twice. The first time it slithered its way to the flower girl’s feet. […]

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of April 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $409.9 million and its unaudi 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 April 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.9 billion and its unaudited net asset valu 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 April 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $387.9 million and its unau 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 April 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $259.7 million and its unaudited 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 April 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $237.2 million an 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 April 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.0 billion and its unaudited net asse 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 April 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.0 billion and its unaudited n Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Turtle nesting season has begun in Florida and there are some things you'll need to know to avoid inadvertently harming the animals. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News After 13 years of searching for the Formosan clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa brachyura), once hopeful scientists say they believe the cat is likely extinct. For more than a decade scientists set up over 1,500 camera traps and scent traps in the mountains of Taiwan where they believed the cat may still be […]

By Herp News After a final sighting in 1991, the Madagascar pochard was thought to have vanished for good. But this diving duck was rediscovered in 2006 when a flock of 22 individuals was found on Lake Matsaborimena in northern Madagascar by conservationists during an expedition. Soon after Madagascar pochard eggs were taken and incubated […]

As if the intense pressure on amphibian populations from climate change, habitat destruction, and disease wasn’t enough. Now a demand for frogs’ legs to satisfy the appetites of gourmets is being blamed for a spike in mosquito population, harm to frog numbers in the wild, and animal cruelty. From FOX News: The European passion for […]

By Herp News Night zoo features reptile month 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 April 30, 2013 and cumulati Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Conservationists and officials meeting last month at a rhino crisis summit in Singapore agreed to a radical plan to loan Sumatran rhinos between nations if it means saving the critically endangered species from extinction. The proposal, which could still be thwarted by red tape and political opposition, could lead Malaysia to send […]

By Herp News The Turtle Ridge Wildlife Center is having its first New Beginnings benefit for the center. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links