Herpetology
Herpetology is the study of amphibians and reptiles. The scientists who study these animals are called herpetologists. They research the structure, physiology, and behavior of these animal...
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Herpetology
Herpetology is the scientific study of amphibians and reptiles. The term "herpetology" is derived from the Greek and refers to the study of creeping things. Birds and mammals, for the most...
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The bullfrog sounds off with its resonant croak at ponds across North Carolina in the summer, and some young students believe its statewide presence should make it the official state amphibian. But...
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The Knoxville Zoo says it has become the first U.S. zoo to successfully breed Northern spider tortoises, a subspecies so rare they can no longer be exported from their native Madagascar off Africa'...
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Zoo Atlanta has hatched a rare Arakan forest turtle, a victory for researchers trying to save the endangered Asian species _ one shell at a time.The week-old turtle is the fourth of the brown-and-t...
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Agents with the U.S. Border Patrol in Yuma found an alligator stashed in the suitcase of a California man who was on his way to Phoenix. The agents found the 4-foot, 4-year-old cayman alligator dur...
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This white alligator has it made in the shade. Without an alligator's normal dark camouflaging color, the new inhabitant at the Knoxville Zoo would not live long while exposed to predators or the s...
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Ponds and swamps are becoming eerily silent. The familiar melody of ribbits, croaks and chirps is disappearing as a mysterious killer fungus wipes out frog populations around the globe, a phenomeno...
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The familiar melody of ribbits, croaks and chirps is disappearing as a mysterious killer fungus wipes out frog populations around the globe, a phenomenon likened to the extinction of dinosaurs.Scie...
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Comedian Jon Stewart is moving out of his West Village apartment. And it looks like he's landed himself a prime piece of real estate in Tribeca.City records show that he bought a 6,000-square-foot ...
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Herpetology
Herpetology
Scientists, students spar over bullfrog
