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The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the Ecological Gifts Program has reached an important
Reptiles Magazine Rise in temperatures on Japan's Izu islands caused Okada's five-lined skink to run faster. January 9, 2021 A four decade study of Japan’s Okada’s five-lined skink ( Plestiodon latiscutatus) and its main predator, the Japanese four-lined rat snake ( Elaphe quadrivirgata), shows that higher body temperatures of the skink helps them run faster and more efficiently to escape from the snakes. Researchers Ph.D student Félix Landry Yuan of the University of Hong Kong’s Research Division for Ecology & Biodiversity and Ph.D candidate Shun Ito of Tohoku University’s Graduate...
Author of the article: Lorraine Payette • For Postmedia Network Publishing date: Dec 21, 2020 • December 21, 2020 • 2 minute read • Designation as an Important Amphibian and Reptile Area has been given to the Thousand Islands Region for their work in the protection of reptiles and amphibians in the area. Among many other activities, they protect and save turtle eggs, returning the hatchlings to local waters. (Classroom sample project.) Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network Photo by Lorraine Payette /For Postmedia Network Article content A special designation has...