Podcast: Vitamin A in Tortoises

Kevin and Maryse from ReptileSupply.com talk to Dr. Ivan Alfonso, about a customer’s tortoise that possibly died due to Vitamin A deficiency.

If you own a tortoise or ever wanted to hear how a Vet keeps and feeds his own tortoises, this is worth checking out.

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Turtles’ mating habits protect against effects of climate change

The mating habits of marine turtles may help to protect them against the effects of climate change. The study shows how the mating patterns of a population of endangered green turtles may be helping them deal with the fact that global warming is leading to a disproportionate number of females being born.

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Snakes improve search-and-rescue robots: New design uses less energy

January 20, 2012

Researchers have studied the movements of snakes to create more efficient search-and-rescue robots.

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Extremely rare turtle is released into the wild

January 19, 2012

Biologists have successfully released a Southern River terrapin (Batagur affinis) – one of the most endangered turtles on Earth – into the Sre Ambel River in Cambodia.

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World’s smallest vertebrate: Tiny frogs discovered in New Guinea

January 12, 2012

Biologists just discovered two new species of frogs in New Guinea, one of which is now the world’s tiniest known vertebrate, averaging only 7.7 millimeters in size — less than one-third of an inch. It ousts Paedocypris progenetica, an Indonesian fish averaging more than 8 millimeters, from the record.

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Salt water alone unlikely to halt Burmese python invasion

January 5, 2012

Invasive Burmese python hatchlings from the Florida Everglades can withstand exposure to salt water long enough to potentially expand their range through ocean and estuarine environments.

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Leaping lizards and dinosaurs inspire robot design

January 5, 2012

A new study of how lizards use their tails when leaping through the trees shows that they swing the tail upward to avoid pitching forward after a stumble. Theropod dinosaurs — the ancestors of birds — may have done the same. A robot model confirms the value of an actively controlled tail, demonstrating that adding [...]

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I know something you don’t know! Wild chimpanzees inform ignorant group members of danger

January 3, 2012

Many animals produce alarm calls to predators, and do this more often when kin or mates are present than other audience members. So far, however, there has been no evidence that they take the other group members’ knowledge state into account. Researchers set up a study with wild chimpanzees in Uganda and found that chimpanzees [...]

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Before sounding an alarm, chimps consider information available to their audience

December 30, 2011

Wild chimpanzees monitor the information available to other chimpanzees and inform their ignorant group members of danger.

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Frogs use calls to find mates with matching chromosomes

December 28, 2011

When it comes to love songs, female tree frogs are pretty picky. According to a new study, certain female tree frogs may be remarkably attuned to the songs of mates who share the same number of chromosomes as they do. The discovery offers insight into how new frog species may have evolved.

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Hellbender salamander study seeks answers for global amphibian decline

December 20, 2011

A new study on the endangered Ozark Hellbender giant salamander is the first to detail its skin microbes, the bacteria and fungi that defend against pathogens.

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