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New science documenting important nesting, migration and foraging habitat for Western Australia’s sea turtles was revealed at the first-ever Western Australian Sea Turtle Symposium at Curtin University in Perth on August 27 and 28. The results of satellite tracking, tagging and nest monitoring from both recent research and unpublished research from past programs reinforced the importance of the Kimberley coast to virtually all sea turtle populations and species along the coast. Extended abstracts from the presentations will be published by year’s end. Leer más.
The most-studied mass extinction in Earth history happened 65 million years ago and is widely thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs. New University of Washington research indicates that a separate extinction came shortly before that, triggered by volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet and killed life on the ocean floor. Leer más.
Things have been a little quiet on the Croc Blog of late, so to shake things up here’s a curious news item from the Philippines. Apparently seconds before the strong magnitude 7.7 earthquake tremor in East Samar recently, Lolong reacted violently while resting in his enclosure. The news agency suggests that Lolong was able to predict the earthquake, although with seconds to spare I doubt he’ll be making that role official. But what’s going on? Can crocodiles really predict earthquakes? Leer más.
El 15 de septiembre de 2012 en el área recreativa «Fuente Castaño» de la Alberca (Salamanca). Más información.
