We recently read a wonderful paper about some snakes’ tails fluorescing under black light. It seemed odd to us that they didn’t mention whether or not an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) had this same condition, so we checked it out for ourselves. As you...
Well, after some pretty detailed research, we still don’t know for sure! Check out this paper about a study done on the crocodilians at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm. CLICK HERE TO VIEW PDF DOCUMENT...
We are happy to have been able to help with this amazing paper about how crocodilians create sound. CLICK HERE TO VIEW PDF DOCUMENT...
Haley D. O’Brien, Leigha M. Lynch, Kent A. Vliet, John Brueggen, Gregory M. Erickson and Paul M. Gignac2 Synopsis Body size and body-size shifts broadly impact life-history parameters of all animals, which has made accurate body-size estimates for extinct taxa an important component of understanding their...
Christopher M. Murray1,2, Peter Russo3, Alexander Zorrilla4, and Caleb D. McMahan5 The freshwater crocodile inhabiting Papua New Guinea, currently recognized as Crocodylus novaeguineae, exhibits morphological, molecular, and ecological divergence between the northern and southern versants of the Central Highlands and occupies separate evolutionary trajectories. A robust...
The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park is excited to have been a part of this research. You can see from the photos how amazing working with the FLIR camera is, but even more amazing is what we learned from this research. CLICK HERE TO READ...
By: Stephanie K. Drumheller, James Darlington & Kent A. Vliet CLICK HERE TO VIEW PDF DOCUMENT...
On January 18, 2019 Karen Allen came to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm. John Brueggen, our Director, and his wife, Jen, took her and two of her friends (Joan and Charlynn) on a tour of the Farm. Joan and Karen were in St. Augustine to...
Using objects as hunting lures is very rare in nature, having been observed in just a handful of species. We report the use of twigs and sticks as bird lures by two crocodilian species. At least one of them uses this method predominantly during the...
Many species alter skin color to varying degrees and by different mechanisms. Here, we show that some crocodylians modify skin coloration in response to changing light and environmental conditions. Within the Family, Crocodylidae, all members of the genus Crocodylus lightened substantially when transitioned from dark...