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A Queensland reptile park owner is recovering in hospital after a crocodile bit off his thumb in front of horrified families during a daily feeding show.

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Stuck in the middle of a drought that may last years, endangered turtles in California were given a roof-top reprieve.

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With so much of the fresh water lost to evaporation, what’s left is highly concentrated with minerals and very salty. And that has left the turtles in bad shape.

The USGS researchers called Shaffer when they noticed that not only were the turtles lethargic, but some of their heads, feet and shells were coated in a thick white crust of mineral deposits.

“Some of them looked like ceramic turtles,” Shaffer said. “Between the biologists who were out there and me, we have a hundred years of turtle experience and we had never seen turtles look like this.”

So they mobilized, collecting 60 turtles from the arid lakebed and transporting half to the Turtle Conservancy’s captive breeding facility in Ojai, and the other half to UCLA, where Shaffer and his team set up a reptile refugee camp on the roof of the botany building.

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A Queensland reptile park owner who was mauled by a crocodile in front of zoo visitors has been flown to a Brisbane hospital for plastic surgery.

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Last month, on the 66th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 2014 ended very much the same way it began at …

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A Queensland reptile park owner who was mauled by a crocodile in front of zoo visitors has been flown to a Brisbane hospital for plastic surgery.

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Now that cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs has outed members the group that took out the PlayStation and Xbox Live networks over Christmas, the hackers are coming after him. “Lizard Squad” has …

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Now that cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs has outed members of Lizard Squad, the Internet trolls are after him.

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A MAN has been attacked by a crocodile at a Queensland reptile park.

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The Oregon Coast Aquarium says a sea turtle that was near death after washing up on the coast last week is getting better.

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Frogs exhibit an amazing variety of reproductive behaviors, ranging from brooding their eggs in their mouths to carrying tadpoles on their backs. Fewer than a dozen species of 6,000+ worldwide have developed internal fertilization, and some of these give birth to froglets instead of eggs. One species that has internal fertilization, a fanged frog from the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, has been observed to give direct birth to tadpoles, which is unique among amphibians.

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Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Dec. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $384.9 million and its unaudit

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Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Dec. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.2 billion and its unaudited net asset value

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Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Dec. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $251.3 million and

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Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of Dec. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $4.2 billion and its unaudited net

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Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Dec. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $430.0 million and its unaudi

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A sea turtle found hypothermic and dehydrated on a beach in southwest Washington is showing signs of improvement after a week of rehabilitation at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.

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By Madeline Kennedy (Reuters Health) – One in four children younger than age five who were infected with Salmonella got the disease from a pet reptile in a recent UK study. The children with reptile-associated infections were significantly younger than other kids with Salmonella infections, more likely to be hospitalized and more likely to have invasive infections that affected the blood or …

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Now that cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs has outed members of Lizard Squad, the Internet trolls are after him.

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Now that cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs has outed members of Lizard Squad, the Internet trolls are after him.

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Now that cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs has outed members the group that took out the PlayStation and Xbox Live networks over Christmas, the hackers are coming after him.

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One of the guys allegedly responsible for keeping you from playing video games on Christmas Day 2014 has been arrested.

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A 65-pound sea turtle is recovering at the New England Aquarium's turtle hospital.

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A sea turtle found hypothermic and dehydrated on a beach in southwest Washington is showing signs of improvement after a week of rehabilitation at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.

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Primates don’t monkey around when deciding where to spend the night, but primatologists have had a poor grasp on what drives certain monkeys toward specific trees. Now, two extensive studies of Indonesian primates suggest that factors in selecting trees each evening are site-specific and different for each species—and that some overnight spots result in conflicts between monkeys and humans.

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ETNA – Lovers of lizards need not travel far to get a new pet in Siskiyou County, thanks to Jesse and Christian Thomson’s lifelong passion for reptiles.Celebrating one year in operation, Jesse Thomson spoke to the Siskiyou Daily News recently about the niche business that provides for the full spectrum of reptile ownership, from tanks to the reptiles themselves.The Thomsons’ Dooya […]

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The hacking group that claims it took down the Xbox and PlayStation networks on Christmas can now help you take down any website for the low, low price of $2.99.

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Meanwhile, the Lizard Squad said it also played a role in the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack.

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An oil spill in the world’s largest mangrove forest has killed many animals, and will have an impact for years to come.

From the Daily Star:

Animals have started to die. The water hyacinths on the two rivers have turned black. Some Golpata trees have gone under heavy layers of oil.

One local, Abu Jafar, spotted two animals — a monitor lizard and an otter — dead and smeared with oil along the banks of the Shela.

Meanwhile, the authorities pulled the sunken oil tanker ashore around 11:00am yesterday, some 30 hours after the accident. But all the 3.58 lakh litres of furnace oil the tanker had been carrying already spilled into the rivers and the adjacent cannels.

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Camera traps are revolutionizing the world of conservation, helping researchers document elusive wildlife, record rarely-observed animal behavior, catch poachers, and identify high conservation value areas. The non-invasive tool also offers incredible marketing value, showcasing the sometimes little-seen targets of conservation efforts.

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Camera traps are revolutionizing the world of conservation, helping researchers document elusive wildlife, record rarely-observed animal behavior, catch poachers, and identify high conservation value areas. The non-invasive tool also offers incredible marketing value, showcasing the sometimes little-seen targets of conservation efforts.

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Although only a nuisance in your home, on an isolated island chain (archipelago) off the northeastern coast of Brazil, rats pose a threat to the red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus). The seabird nests in the remote Abrolhos National Park, but two species of invasive rats prey on its eggs and young: the house rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

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