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Nearly a year ago, scientists announced an incredible discovery: a new tapir species from the western Amazon in Brazil and Colombia. The announcement was remarkable for a number of reasons: this was the biggest new land mammal discovered in more than 20 years and was only the fifth tapir known to the world. But within months other researchers expressed doubt over the veracity of the new species.
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Flying Lizard Motorsports will kick off the new year with a two-car entry for the first race of the TUDOR United Sportscar Championship series, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. In just under two months, the team will again find itself at Daytona International Speedway for the 3-day Roar Before the Rolex 24 test from January 9th to 11th, then return just 10 days later for TUDOR's flagship and … Keep …
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Artists and activists held a satirical wake to raise awareness of Pancho, a Florida croc killed resisting capture, and other wildlife killed by humans.
From the Miami Herald:
Cortada said his goal was to have a dynamic service to honor the fallen croc, but at the same time to bring ecological awareness to community members, and teach them how to coexist with nature.
Florida International University biology students said the death of a South Florida animal is not rare. They cited the manatee, the sawfish, the Key Largo mouse and the indigo snake.
“Why are we here lamenting Pancho when we have killed so many Panchos in the last 100 years?” Cortada said, adding that humans are at fault for the reptile’s death after invading his natural habitat. “I just wanted to cry real tears and have a real conversation about our reptilian friend. We love you, Pancho.”
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A disgruntled lizard is being used by Telstra to front a campaign to promote its new bundle packages, created by The Monkeys. The ads show the pet lizard getting peeved when family members turn the channel while it is watching a TV show featuring a fellow reptile. After it happens a third time the lizard takes control of the […] The post Telstra promotes its bundles with a lizard looking for …
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A new paper confirms what ecologists have long feared: hunting birds and mammals drastically raises the risk of extinction for tropical trees. Following the long-lifespan of a single canopy tree, Miliusa horsfieldii, researchers discovered that overhunting of animals could increase the chances of extinction for the species fourteen times over a century, from 0.5 percent to seven percent.
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Asia’s high demand for turtle meat is motivating the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to request greater protections for several types of exported turtles.
From Phys.org:
Faced with growing concerns about the hunting of freshwater turtles in the United States for Asian food markets, federal officials this week proposed adding four species to an international list of plants and animals designed to manage commercial trade in the reptiles.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday said that listing the common snapping turtle, Florida softshell turtle, smooth softshell turtle and spiny softshell turtle would allow it to better monitor exportation of these species, particularly to Asian nations, where turtle populations have been wiped out due to high demand for their meat.
Bringing the species under the protection of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora would require exporters to obtain a permit before shipping turtles overseas. That would help the federal agency determine the extent of legal and illegal exportation and decide whether additional conservation efforts were needed.
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Conservationists are successfully developing mobile apps that enable authorities to identify illegal wildlife products, making it more difficult for traffickers to smuggle animals and animal parts, reports a paper published in the journal Biological Conservation.
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Have you ever been offered the job of your dreams without knowing you were being interviewed? Have you ever communicated with a 5-year-old about the wonders of Salmonella? Have you ever been disappointed not to have larvae hatching from your skin? If you answered yes to all three questions, then you are either Emily Graslie herself or you should subscribe to her YouTube channel. Immediately.
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The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission faces tough questions about its barbaric rules for killing reptiles and amphibians.
From the Pocono Record:
You ask, “shouldn’t they be equipped with fishing poles and nets instead of intimidating weapons?” If you are after fish, then the answer is yes. However, if your desire is to legally kill a timber rattlesnake, northern copperhead, snapping turtle or any other unlucky native reptile and amphibian then, these uncharacteristic slaying instruments were recommended to me by Thomas Burrell, Waterways Conservation Office Manager of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
Immediately, several questions come to mind, like:
Are you serious? Can you kill reptiles and amphibians, especially with machetes and clubs in this day and age? Can someone be guilty of cruelty to animals? Isn’t the timber rattlesnake protected and is the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s goal to ensure that it stays off of its endangered species list?
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The closed-end funds managed by Tortoise Capital Advisors declared the following distributions today:
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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Highlights & Developments Third quarter …
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On Friday, Jonathan Hiew from Singapore took a photo of several insects and uploaded them on the citizen scientist site, iNaturalist. Little did he know that one of the photos, of a butterfly, would prove a record breaker: it was the millionth observation recorded on iNaturalist.
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A loggerhead sea turtle rescued off New Jersey and cared for in South Carolina is heading to California.
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The first settlers of New Zealand killed off nine species of giant birds, known as moas, with a population no bigger than a few thousand people, according to new research published in Nature Communications. The biggest moas stood up to 3.6 meters (12 feet) tall, making these mega-birds the largest animals in the country and contenders for the biggest birds ever.
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DNA testing may hold the key to identifying the right antidote to use for snake bite victims.
From New Scientist:
Chappuis and his colleagues collected samples from the fang wounds of 749 people at three health centres in Nepal, amplified the DNA and sequenced it. They then looked for matches in a publicly available reference bank of DNA sequences.
They managed to identify the snake species responsible for 194 bites, 87 of which were from species whose venom is harmful to people – most commonly the spectacled cobra and the common krait.
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A year after a ride on a private plane to the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, Jersey will hop on a Delta flight to sunny California on Nov. 19.
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TAMPA — Cyliss Harrington sauntered through the Charles M. Davis Events Center on Sunday with two boa constrictors around his neck.
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Over a dozen students of a university in Talwandi Sabo fell ill due to suspected food poisoning, after having dinner on Saturday night.
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A NSW reptile park wants the public to catch deadly funnel web spiders to help make antivenom.
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California-based KBS Realty Advisors said Tuesday that it has completed its purchase of the 21-story 3811 Turtle Creek office tower in Dallas’ Oak Lawn neighborhood.
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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (HEAR), a leading innovator of audio products and solutions, today announced the company's HyperSound® virtual reality audio solution has been implemented in Activision's Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare retail displays. The displays have been installed in 987 Best Buy locations in North America. The installation represents the …
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The stadium at the heart of plans for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be dull and look like a turtle, a leading Japanese architect said Thursday, adding to the row over the controversial venue.
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The stadium at the heart of plans for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be dull and look like a turtle, a leading Japanese architect said on Thursday, adding to the row over the controversial venue. The centrepiece for the Games, which was designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, has been scaled down by a local team since it was first conceived amid complaints over its hefty price tag and …
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A NSW reptile park is calling for people to catch deadly funnel web spiders and donate them so antivenom can be made.
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FIREFIGHTERS in Bolton have been honoured — for rescuing a pet lizard.
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FIREFIGHTERS in Bolton have been honoured — for rescuing a pet lizard.
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Through the careful study of modern and early fossil tortoise, researchers now have a better understanding of how tortoises breathe and the evolutionary processes that helped shape their unique breathing apparatus and tortoise shell.
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Check out this video “Watching You,” submitted by kingsnake.com user Minuet.
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The total number of turtles that came ashore to nest on Boca Raton's beaches fell off this year after two record-breaking years in a row.
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Scientists in China have discovered a remarkably well-preserved fossil of a primitive ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that first appeared some 250 million years ago.
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The Big Apple is home to a small frog with a very distinctive croak.
From Wired:
The new species, which biologists are calling the Atlantic Coast leopard frog, was hiding in plain sight. Besides its croak, the new species is nearly indistinguishable from several other frog species living in the area. As detailed today in PLoS ONE, the researchers were able to make the identification after comparing the DNA, appearance, and croaking noises of hundreds of frogs.
The authors, led by Jeremy Feinberg of Rutgers University, first announced their suspicions of the new species in 2012, when they reported that familiar-looking frogs with unfamiliar croaks were hopping around the wetlands near Yankee Stadium. Although the coloration of the Atlantic Coast leopard frog is very similar to that of other leopard frogs, its distinctive croak, which sounds like a simple, repeated “chuck,” sets it apart.
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The total number of turtles that came ashore to nest on Boca Raton's beaches fell off this year after two record-breaking years in a row.
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A NSW reptile park is calling for people to catch deadly funnel web spiders and donate them so antivenom can be made.
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Starting with a simple DNA swab taken from fang marks on people bitten by snakes, an international research team correctly identified the species of the biting snake 100 percent of the time in a first-of-its-kind clinical study.
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For nearly 150 million years, they were apex predators of the ocean — streamlined sleek-snouted carnivores called ichthyosaurs. To the casual observer, ichthyosaurs would have looked a bit like long-nosed tuna. According to theory, their forebears were land-loving reptiles which adapted to the sea after the world was struck by a mass extinction. “It is a milestone,” said study co-author Da-yong …
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A 248-million-year-old fossil of an ancient reptile found in China is the oldest known member of a well-known group of marine reptiles, and may have lived both on land and in the sea. The specimen is a primitive type of ichthyopterygian, a group related to ichthyosaurs, which are large marine reptiles that dominated the world's oceans after the Permian-Triassic extinction. In that event, which …
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A 248-million-year-old fossil of an ancient reptile found in China is the oldest known member of a well-known group of marine reptiles, and may have lived both on land and in the sea. The specimen is a primitive type of ichthyopterygian, a group related to ichthyosaurs, which are large marine reptiles that dominated the world's oceans after the Permian-Triassic extinction. In that event, which …
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A prehistoric fossil has been found at the Yangtze River near Shanghai. An expert says it could be the first amphibious ichthyosaur (illustrated) reptiles that could live both in and out of the water.
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When it comes to genitalia, nature enjoys variety. Snakes and lizards have two. Birds and people have one. And while the former group’s paired structures are located somewhat at the level of the limbs, ours, and the birds’, appear a bit further down. In fact, snake and lizard genitalia are derived from tissue that gives rise to hind legs, while mammalian genitalia are derived from the tail bud. But despite such noteworthy contrasts, these structures are functionally analogous and express similar genes. Researchers have now discovered how functionally analogous genitalia can arise from divergent tissue.
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Cartorhynchus lenticarpus, a dinosaur-era sea reptile, had a body built to live in two worlds, a new study says.
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