Stories and photos from the field
Greetings Friends! I am currently on my fourth month as an intern with the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDRP) run by the Chicago Zoological Society based at MOTE Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida. As a member of the research team we spend 10 boat days of each month in the field conducting population monitoring on… Continue reading Follows Dolphins for Science
Recent study at La Selva Biological Station reveals that even tadpoles of Oophaga pumilio have poison. In a recent study, Styonski and colleagues surveyed tadpoles, juvenile and adults of the strawberry poison dart frog to try to determine in which life stages the frogs gain their poisonous alkaloids that so efficiently repel predators. This… Continue reading How do baby poison dart frogs get their poison??
The spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilius) gets its name from the bony ridge that lies between its eyes that gives it the appearance of wearing a pair of glasses. The spectacled caiman belongs to the family Alligatoridae along with many other species of crocodile and alligator. Unlike the other species in its family, the caiman… Continue reading The Spectacled Caiman (Caiman Crocodilius)