By Herp News Popularization of the world’s strangest coffee may be imperiling a a suite of small mammals in Indonesia, according to a new study in Small Carnivore Conservation. The coffee, known as kopi luwak (kopi for coffee and luwak for the civet), is made from whole coffee beans that have passed through the guts […]

What do you do if you find an iguana bleeding and wounded by the side of the road? You move heaven and earth to save him, of course. “Big Guy,” an endangered Rock Iguana, was discovered on Brac Cayman with severe injuries, lying on the roadside. Thanks to the generosity of Cayman Airways, he was […]

By Herp News A survey late last year found that the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) population has been cut in half in just six years. During a 44-day survey, experts estimated 1,000 river porpoises inhabited the river and adjoining lakes, down from around 2,000 in 2006. The ecology of China’s Yangtze River has […]

By Herp News A survey late last year found that the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) population has been cut in half in just six years. During a 44-day survey, experts estimated 1,000 river porpoises inhabited the river and adjoining lakes, down from around 2,000 in 2006. The ecology of China’s Yangtze River has […]

By Herp News Turtle Wireless LLC, a wholesale and retail cell phone accessory distributor based in Dallas, Texas is proud to announce a new management/ownership team consisting of Jeremy Schrader and Samin Odhwani. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News What do you do when you’re smuggling 22,000 pounds of an endangered species on your boat? Answer: crash into a protected coral reef in the Philippines. Last Monday a Chinese vessel slammed into a coral reef in the Tubbataha National Marine Park; on Saturday the Filipino coastguard discovered 400 boxes of pangolin […]

By Herp News The biodiversity of Europe today is largely linked to environmental conditions decades ago, according to a new large-scale study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Looking at various social and economic conditions from the last hundred years, scientists found that today’s European species were closely aligned to environmental […]

By Herp News How many animal individuals are needed to ensure a species isn’t doomed to extinction even with our best conservation efforts? While no one knows exactly, scientists have created complex models to attempt an answer. They call this important threshold the “minimum viable population” and have spilled plenty of ink trying to decipher […]

By Herp News Rising Dane… For too long a lesser heralded area of Scandinavia's musical landscape, Denmark has come to the fore with a series of fantastic new exports. The past few months have brought us the debut album from Indians, while the likes of The Choir Of Young Believers and the Crunchy Frog collective […]

By Herp News Fishing is not a woman’s domain in most countries across the globe. In parts of India there are fishing communities who believe that having a woman onboard a fishing boat brings bad luck. Despite this, Divya Karnad, a scientist who studies marine life in India, has spent several years studying fisheries and […]

By Herp News A new species of forcepfly named Austromerope brasiliensis, was recently discovered in Brazil and described in the open access journal Zoo Keys. This is the first discovery of forcepfly in the Neotropics and only the third known worldwide. The forcepfly, often called the earwigfly because the male genital forceps closely resemble the […]

By Herp News A tortoise that vanished 10 months ago has been found alive after being dug up from its garden by a JCB.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Some researchers and conservationists are urging the state Department of Natural Resources to reconsider its plan to remove the Blanding’s turtle — whose numbers the agency admits are declining — from the state endangered species list. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Biologist Tyrone Hayes and his team at UC Berkeley have linked to exposure to the pesticide atrazine to cancer, hormonal disruption, and reproductive failure in frogs and rodents. From The Eastern Progress: During [a] trip to Africa, Hayes noticed that one species of frogs characterized by a distinct difference in color between male and female […]

By Herp News Posted By: Harrison Barrus/CBS12.com It was a celebration of an endangered species who call Florida home part of the year. Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of Turtlefest, at the Loggerhead Marine Life Center. The event is put on to appreciate ocean conservation and sea turtles. … Go to Source …read more Read […]

By Herp News Ask a silly question . . . For pure, unintentional, unfiltered absurdity, we dare you to top NBC’s “Today” show of April 3rd. The topic, among co-hosts Natalie Morales, Al Roker and Bill Geist, was the results of a poll about conspiracy theories. Several of which were so stupid as to only… […]

By Herp News Puerto Rico protects top US turtle nesting site long eyed by developers         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Frogs, whose voices were once a prominent part of wildlife sounds in the Carribbean, are barely making a peep this spring. And that silence carries deadly implications for both amphibian survival and human health. From 9News.com: Without new conservation measures, there could be a massive die-off of Caribbean frogs within 15 years, warned Adrell Nunez, […]

saw huge snapping turtle on road. Its that time of year again …read more Read more here: Turtle Times No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A Winter Haven couple recently spotted a rare invasive lizard from their backyard porch. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A game reserve in South Africa has taken the radical step of poisoning rhino horns so that people risk becoming ‘seriously ill’ if they consume them. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A game reserve in South Africa has taken the radical step of poisoning rhino horns so that people risk becoming ‘seriously ill’ if they consume them. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

A man with a deathly terror of frogs was awarded $1.6 million when a new housing project caused run-off to flood his property — bringing along an amphibious payload. From the Buffalo News: Water runoff has turned most of Paul Marinaccio’s 40 acres in Clarence into a wetland. How it happened angers him. What came […]

By Herp News The Namib is the oldest desert on Earth, composed of gravel plains and dune fields that have been intact for circa 40 million years. It forms a thin strip along the coast of southwestern Africa running for approximately 2000 km from Namibia into Angola. Its unique assemblage of flora and fauna are […]

By Herp News Lizard Label, the custom label manufacturer, has launched a newly designed website highlighting its extensive capabilities and dedication to customer service. The website (www.lizardlabel.com) offers something for everyone. For customers who know exactly what they want there is a quick quote form conveniently located on the home page. For customers who want […]

By Herp News They evolve slowly, live to an advanced age, reproduce in old age and can survive freezing without damaging tissue. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News They evolve slowly, live to an advanced age, reproduce in old age and can survive freezing without damaging tissue. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Scientists in Brazil have described a new species of tree-dwelling porcupine in the country’s most endangered ecosystems. The description is published in last week’s issue of Zootaxa. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Scientists in Brazil have described a new species of tree-dwelling porcupine in the country’s most endangered ecosystems. The description is published in last week’s issue of Zootaxa. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC) is facing a backlash over plans to aerially drop a controversial poison, known as 1080, over the habitat of two endangered, prehistoric, and truly bizarre frog species, Archey’s and Hochsetter’s frogs, on Mount Moehau. Used in New Zealand to kill populations of invasive mammals, such as […]

By Herp News ( University of California – Los Angeles ) A UCLA scientist and other researchers who have just sequenced the first turtle genome uncovered clues about how people can benefit from the shelled creatures' remarkable longevity and ability to survive long stretches without oxygen. Understanding the natural mechanisms turtles use to protect the […]

The great age of the embryos is unusual because almost all known dinosaur embryos are from the Cretaceous Period. The Cretaceous ended some 125 million years after the bones at the Lufeng site were buried and fossilized. Led by University of Toronto Mississauga paleontologist Robert Reisz, an international team of scientists from Canada, Taiwan, the […]

By Herp News After facilitating large-scale logging and conversion of large areas of rainforest habitat, the government of Sarawak says it will protect a population of up to 200 of the world’s rarest Bornean orangutans recently identified during field surveys by conservationists, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Go to Source …read more Read more […]

By Herp News Scientists have uncovered a rare, brilliantly-striped bat in the South Sudan that has yielded new secrets after close study. Working in Bangangai Game Reserve during July of last year, biologist DeeAnn Redeer and conservationist Adrian Garsdie with Fauna & Flora International (FFI) came across an unmissable bat, which has been dubbed by […]

By Herp News TURTLE deaths at Plane Creek, near Sarina, may not have been caused by polluted water, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Byline: The Lizard RNLI launch to channel collision Page Content: The Lizard RNLI lifeboat was launched at lunchtime today, Wednesday 18 March 2009) to assist a French yacht, feared sinking following a collision with a merchant vessel. Fortunately the incident was not as critical as first thought and the lifeboat was soon […]

Frankie hates baths. I didn’t realize he hated baths. I thought he loved them. Frankie needed a bath for Walk for Autism. That’s what Greg told me: “Frankie stinks. He stinks bad! Maybe you don’t think he stinks but he does.” Beaten by Keeper’s Nose again! I can’t tell Frankie stinks. Sure his shell and […]

By Herp News In the remote Russian far east, amid pine forests and long winters, a great cat may be beginning to make a recovery. A new survey estimates that the Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) population has risen to as many as 50 individuals. While this may not sound like much, it’s a far […]

Seems unborn lizards are not helpless when predators threaten. From ScienceNOW: Talk about hatching an escape plan. Unborn lizards can erupt from their eggs days early if vibrations hint at a threat from a hungry predator, new research shows. The premature hatchlings literally “hit the ground running—they hatch and launch into a sprint at the […]

By Herp News No need to alert animal rights groups, Redneck turtle burgers are not made from turtles. So relax. Instead, turtle burgers are crafted from the three greatest meats known to man, ground beef, bacon and hot dogs. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links