News tagged with endangered snake

Snake predator may benefit endangered bird, study finds

An endangered Florida bird may have some unexpected help in its struggle for survival, according to a new University of Florida study.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Predator-prey role reversal as bug eats turtle

In a recent journal published in Entomological Science, Dr. Shin-ya Ohba shares the unusual behavior and role reversal of a giant water bug becoming the predator and eating a juvenile turtle in a ditch in c ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Australia's most endangered snake might need burning

Conserving Australia's most endangered snake might mean lighting more bush fires, ecologists have proposed.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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US bans import of Burmese pythons

The United States announced Tuesday it is banning the import of Burmese pythons and three other species of giant constrictor snakes due to the danger they pose to local wildlife.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New snake species announced

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced the discovery of a spectacularly colored snake from a remote area of Tanzania in East Africa.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Picture book portrays a 'hoppy' future for endangered frogs

Move over Kermit, there's a native frog rising in the West.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World's rarest marsupial clambering back

A recent translocation of 12 Gilbert’s potoroos (Potorous gilbertii) is helping save a species once thought to be extinct and revealing some surprise findings.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

450 Malaysia snakes, tortoises escape cooking pot

(AP) -- Malaysian authorities have rescued some 450 endangered cobras and tortoises headed for cooking pots in Thailand.

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created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Thai customs seizes thousands of endangered animals

Nearly 2,000 monitor lizards, hundreds of turtles and 20 snakes were among a huge haul of live endangered animals found hidden in a truck by Thai authorities, a wildlife group said Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Last stand in Asia for shy, defenseless anteater

(AP) -- As the 20 cardboard boxes bound for China rolled through the X-ray machine at Jakarta's airport, Indonesian customs officials suspected what was inside didn't match what was declared. Instead of fresh ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

20 endangered Siamese crocodiles hatch in Laos

(AP) -- One of the world's rarest crocodile species has moved a little bit further from extinction with the hatching of 20 wild eggs plucked from a nest found in southern Laos.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Britain's rarest spider moves to new home

The UK’s rarest spider is moving house today -- in a plastic bottle supplied by conservation group the RSPB.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New Madagascar species discovered weekly, many already endangered

Scientists in Madagascar discovered more than 615 species, including 41 mammals between 1999 and 2010 but many of the exciting and colourful creatures are already endangered.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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