Wildlife experts in New Zealand were thrilled to discover a hatchling baby tuatara in the New Zealand forests this week, officials announced on Thursday. The reptiles are highly endangered and extremely rare, and individuals haven't observed them in the wild for more than 200 years. Needless to say, everyone at ... |
21 March 2009
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When it comes to reptiles, temperature, rather than chance, decides the sex of their young ones. In most species of reptiles, an increase in nesting temperature usually gives rise to more females than males, although for a unique species of reptiles known as tuatara the situation is exactly the opposite. This basical... |
2 July 2008
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The latest technique is used to study perhaps the oldest reptile species on Earth, New Zealand's tuatara, the relict of a group that flourished 200 million years ago. On Stephens Island in the stormy Cook Strait, a team uses a male that can show physical displays to establish its dominance, only that his skin is... |
7 June 2007
09:21 GMT |
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