About P5 million worth of horned helmet shells (scientific name Cassis cornuta) and turtle carapace were confiscated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Cebu Tuesday afternoon in Pier 2, this city. Leer más.
Judging by the contents of its stomach, the 13-foot alligator snatched Monday from Jarvis Creek Park on Hilton Head Island after it snapped up a soccer ball apparently liked other kinds of sports equipment — and other gators. Leer más.
A quick field trip a few days ago to a location that was supposed to be loaded with Dekay’s Brown Snakes (Storeria dekayi) did not turn up a single Brown snake. At least it didn’t that time … a return visit and search is definitely in order. We don’t give up that easily around here! Leer más.
Seagrasses are a vital part of the solution to climate change and, per unit area, seagrass meadows can store up to twice as much carbon as the world’s temperate and tropical forests. Leer más.
The evolutionary origin of turtles is one of the last unanswered questions in vertebrate evolution. Paleontological and morphological studies place turtles as either evolving from the ancestor of all reptiles or as evolving from the ancestor of snakes, lizards, and tuataras. Conflictingly, genetic studies place turtles as evolving from the ancestor of crocodilians and birds. Leer más.
