Research Blog

Why would a rattlesnake’s tail glow under black light?

We recently read a wonderful paper about some snakes’ tails fluorescing under black light.  It seemed odd to us that ...
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Why do crocodiles sit with their mouths open?

Well, after some pretty detailed research, we still don’t know for sure! Check out this paper about a study done ...
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A Chinese Alligator in Heliox: Format Frequencies in a Crocodilian

We are happy to have been able to help with this amazing paper about how crocodilians create sound. CLICK HERE ...
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Crocodylian Head Width Allometry and Phylogenetic Prediction of Body Size in Extinct Crocodyliforms

Haley D. O’Brien, Leigha M. Lynch, Kent A. Vliet, John Brueggen, Gregory M. Erickson and Paul M. Gignac2 Synopsis Body ...
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Divergent Morphology among Populations of the New Guinea Crocodile, Crocodylus novaeguineae (Schmidt, 1928): Diagnosis of an Independent Lineage and Description of a New Species

Christopher M. Murray1,2, Peter Russo3, Alexander Zorrilla4, and Caleb D. McMahan5 The freshwater crocodile inhabiting Papua New Guinea, currently recognized ...
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The Frontoparietal Fossa and Dorsotemporal Fenestra of Archosaurs and Their Significance for Interpretations of Vascular and Muscular Anatomy in Dinosaurs

The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park is excited to have been a part of this research. You can see ...
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Surveying death roll behavior across Crocodylia

By: Stephanie K. Drumheller, James Darlington & Kent A. Vliet CLICK HERE TO VIEW PDF DOCUMENT ...
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Meeting Karen Allen

On January 18, 2019 Karen Allen came to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm.  John Brueggen, our Director, and his wife, ...
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