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The Serengeti ecosystem got a major reprieve last week when the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) ruled against a hugely-controversial plan to build a paved road through Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. The court dubbed the proposed road ‘unlawful’ due to expected environmental impacts.
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Five years ago an unlikely meeting was held in the Malaysian state of Sabah to discuss how to save wildlife amid worsening forest fragmentation. Although the meeting brought together longtime adversaries—conservationists and the palm oil industry—it appeared at the time to build new relationships and even point toward a way forward for Sabah’s embattled forests.
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Ahead of E3 2014, Turtle Beach is debuting two pairs of premium wireless gaming headphones designed for PlayStation 4.
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The scarlet kingsnake looks like the coral snake because there’s a survival benefit to tricking predators into thinking you’re too dangerous to mess with.
But once the coral snake vanishes, why do local kingsnakes not just maintain that resemblance for decades, but intensify it?
Scientists had no idea, but now they’ve figured it out. Once the coral snake became extinct in the North Carolina Sandhills, they say, the risks of attacking the wrong snake diminished. Predators began to take more changes, targeting those kingsnakes who least resembled corals, and removing them from the gene pool.
But what happens now? Find out here.
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Tortoise Capital Advisors today announced the completion of the merger of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. , Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. and Tortoise North American Energy Corp.
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Byline: The Lizard Lifeboat launched on service shortly after 10am on Tuesday 17 June to go to the assistance of a lone yachtsman. Page Content: The 32’ yacht Soay had been on passage from Milford Haven to Falmouth when difficulties were encountered one mile south east of Blackhead, The lifeboat was on scene within 12 minutes of launch and upon arrival found the gentleman to be unable to …
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2K and Turtle Rock are showing off their intense 4 versus 1 shooter Evolve at E3, and I had the opportunity to drop into the game as a hunter to take down Kraken, one of the game's enormously intimidating monsters.
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Reptile Gardens welcomed their newest, and oldest member to the zoo this afternoon.
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The House of Harlow 1960 designer, 32, debuts her VH1 show Candidly Nicole July 17
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Scientists in China have found five well-preserved reptile eggs still intact more than 100 million years after they were laid. It's believed they belong to the ancient pterosaur — a reptile that roamed the Earth more than 120 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. (Via YouTube / American Museum of Natural History ) LiveScience notes that until now scientists had only found four …
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A Cape Coral couple spotted the Nile Monitor Lizard trying to cut across four lanes of traffic in the city over the weekend.
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( University of the Witwatersrand ) It took seven editors and 26 authors nine years to compile the first ever Reptile Atlas for all reptiles found in the southern tip of Africa. This huge collaborative effort resulted in the 485-page Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland — a hardcover book launched recently that also contains the conservation status of the …
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The animal oracle predictions for the World Cup have begun, with host nation Brazil getting a vote of confidence from its chosen turtle tipster.
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Beachfront businesses and residents have until March 1 to comply Matia Veniero pulls down her shades at night — all to help save the baby turtles, she says.
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Tracking system will monitor rescued loggerhead — Phoenix, the 120-pound loggerhead turtle, hesitated for just a beat or two at the first touch of ocean water in 129 days.
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Tracking system will monitor rescued loggerhead — Phoenix, the 120-pound loggerhead turtle, hesitated for just a beat or two at the first touch of ocean water in 129 days.
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Walks aim to bring turtle lovers face to face with nesting turtles
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Jeff Ribeiro launched Repti-Ledge in August 2013 to try to get his gecko-related products into stores. In September, he landed a significant order but did not have the financing to fill the order. Enter Ignite Capital
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Congratulations, it’s a … lizard . Well that’s what the Indonesian press are reporting emerged from the womb of an expectant mother late last month. Debi Nubatois is claimed to have gone into labour during her eighth month of pregnancy at her home in Kupang, with the assistance of midwife Josephine Lydia Hellen Wadu. The product of an eight-month pregnancy, apparently Wadu informed Indonesian …
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Check out this video “Got worms,” submitted by kingsnake.com user Minuet.
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Two Chinese fishermen got the catch of their lives…on mobile phone this week. While fishing in the Ussuri River, which acts as a border between Russia and China, the fishermen were approached by a swimming Siberian tiger. These tigers, also known as Amur tigers, are down to around 350-500 animals.
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An endangered leatherback turtle was saved after being speared by a swordfish, with the help of a Halifax-based sea turtle rescue group. Kathleen Martin, executive director and co-founder of the Canadian Sea Turtle Network, was in Trinidad last week looking for leatherback turtles previously tagged in Canadian waters. Martin and her group were attempting to attach a satellite tag to the animals …
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How did the deadly fungus chytridiomycosis get so entrenched that it may cost us every frog on earth? We weren’t paying attention.
From Scientific American:
The best way to prevent a disease from turning into an epidemic is to closely monitor its development and put systems in place before it starts spreading rapidly through populations. This requires surveillance and monitoring of the disease and disease populations. This is fine for populations of livestock, or humans, but tends to be a neglected area when it comes to animals in the wild. There are plenty of examples of devastating diseases that have ranged through wild-animal populations relatively unchecked until the later stages as they were simply not caught early enough.
An example is the fungal skin infection of frogs (chytridiomycosis) which absolutely decimated amphibians, wiping out about 200 frog species world wide. Yet investigations into the disease didn’t start until 15 years after its initial appearance.
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Dozens of children, along with parents, grandparents, caregivers and friends, gathered in the children's portion of the library to kick off the 2014 Summer Reading Program with a display of reptiles.
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Musician Billy Joel has weighed in on the ivory bill making its way through the New York State legislature.
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Mote Marine volunteers rescue the loggerhead on Longboat Key.
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There has to be an easier way to make a living than putting a venomous snake in your mouth.
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KUALA TERENGGANU: The World Wildlife Fund of Malaysia will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) against the consumption of turtle’s eggs with the Tourism and Cultural Ministry this Saturday.
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A camera trap program in Ecuador’s embattled Yasuni National Program has struck gold, taking what researchers believe is the first ever film of a wild nocturnal curassow (Nothocrax urumutum). In addition, the program has captured video of other rarely-seen animals, including the short-eared dog and the giant armadillo.
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Scientists have discovered fossilized tracks on ancient sea beds, allowing them to figure out how now-extinct sea reptiles swam.
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The scientists said in a new study, published in the journal Nature Communications on Wednesday, that during the Mesozoic era, about 252 to 66 million years ago, the seas were full of reptiles like the nothosaur. While scientists knew that these creatures were predators with long bodies and paddle-like limbs, exactly how they used their limbs to propel themselves through water was unknown. Now, recently discovered trackways on an ancient seabed in Yunnan province in southwestern China, have helped scientists find an answer.
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A PET store is holding a reptile workshop in store for curious customers.
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A two-decade legal fight to protect a squat lizard with dragon-like head spines from urban encroachment in Southern California took a new turn this week.
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It took almost two weeks, but in the end a tortoise that disappeared from its Mount Pearl home has returned, safe and sound.
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Who's number one? According to the travel website Tripflip.com Reptile Gardens in Rapid City sits on top! Public relations director John Brockelsby said he received an email saying that the travel website ranked our popular local tourist attraction the #1 place to visit in South Dakota.
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And based on what many soccer experts are saying, he seems to have made the right choice. Brazil is simply too good to drop its opening game on home turf
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It's not something you expect to see in your front yard — a large snapping turtle, laying eggs. But that's what Wayne Irwin encountered recently at his home near Rathwell, along the Assiniboine River in southern Manitoba.
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In losing Carl Koch, the herp world has lost a friend. And so have I.
Back many years ago, when I had but one lone iguana, I, like many of us, began frequenting my local reptile friendly pet store. At the time for me, it was Pets N Things in Cudahy, Wisc. Every Friday I would find myself at the store at the same time as a local reptile guy named Carl. He saw that I actually wanted to learn more and introduced me to herp societies, books and, importantly to my future, kingsnake.com.
Carl was an avid field herper and educator in Wisconsin. He worked with the State of Wisconsin on a variety of field studiesm including most recently Butler’s gartersnake population surveys. Carl spent as much time as he could field herping.
Over the years, Carl and I became friends. I still went to him for advice on captive care, called him when I knew an animal that hit my rescue might interest him, and invited him to help me at my many educational events. I relied on him as a friend and as a mentor. When I finally started field herping, I reached out to Carl to show me the way. He graciously opened his schedule to take me and a friend looking for timber rattlesnakes, even though the weather was all wrong. We were skunked that day reptile-wise, but we all became better friends.
Last year, when I wanted to actively start herping, I reached out to Carl. I asked for advice, locations, even more advice. Carl had a magic in the field. It is where his passion thrived and where he found great peace. For Carl, who suffered from anxiety and severe depression, that peace was greatly needed. Carl’s widow would like everyone suffering to know that if you are suffering, please reach out to friends and family.
Carl leaves behind his wife Stacy and their two daughters. I will be honoring his memory and all he did for me over the years by ensuring that his reptile pets are taken care of. His friends have already lined up to help.
This weekend as you head out to herp, take a moment to think of a man who helped turn this deli cupper into a full fledged herper.
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A PET store is holding a reptile workshop in store for curious customers.
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Keystone Reptile Club president Bill Wheeler Jr. holds a 42-inch Black Rat Snake entered into the Sinnemahoning Snake Hunt competition on Saturday afternoon in Cameron County. The snake hunt was held on Saturday and Sunday.
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A new species of wolf snake has been discovered in the Cardamom Mountains of southeast Cambodia.
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