Sentences with phrase «american alligators»

Later, I easily found information about American alligators in Wikipedia using Google, as the student had done.

Recently, I had a brief discussion with a third - grader who was working on a science project on American alligators.

American alligators and South African crocodiles populate waterways a third of the globe apart, and yet both have detectable levels of long - lived industrial and household compounds for nonstick coatings in their blood, according to two studies from researchers at the Hollings Marine Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina, and its affiliated institutions, which include the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

«Perfluorinated compounds found in African crocodiles, American alligators: Studies are first - of - their - kind examinations of PFAA levels in «sentinel» reptile species, especially useful for investigating impacts of long - lived chemicals in the environment.»

Yet all blood plasma samples drawn from 125 American alligators across 12 sites in Florida and South Carolina contained at least six of the 15 perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAAs) that were tracked in the alligator study.

A recent study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Florida found the number of American alligators observed in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge dropped following dry years, and then appeared to recover in later non-dry years.

Curious about the organs» function, Daphne Soares of the University of Maryland, College Park, studied the anatomy of American alligators.

Kansas State University postdoctoral researcher James Nifong documents widespread American alligators» predation of four species of shark like this nurse shark.

Long - legged wading birds, like herons, egrets, ibises, storks, and spoonbills may choose nesting sites above resident American alligators, likely to take advantage of protection from nest predators such as raccoons and opossums.

In a routine analysis of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) living in the Everglades National Park in Florida, Rainwater and colleagues found fruit including pond apples in the alligators» stomachs.

Researchers find American alligators are preying upon small sharks along Atlantic and Gulf coasts

To test the idea, they dabbed three different concentrations of the hormone on American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) eggs, which served as stand - ins for crocodile eggs.

Of the roughly 1000 species listed in the United States as endangered, only 13 — including the American peregrine falcon and the American alligator — have rebounded enough to warrant removal from the list.

«Reptilian anachronism: American alligator older than we thought.»

U.S. species removed from the Endangered Species List: Brown pelican, 1985 American alligator, 1987 Arctic peregrine falcon, 1994 Gray whale, 1994 American peregrine falcon, 1999 Aleutian Canada goose, 2001

While many of today's top predators are more recent products of evolution, the modern American alligator is a reptile quite literally from another time.

The natural sex ratio for the American alligator, for example, is about 0.2, or one male for every five females.

Related sites Crocodilians: Natural History and Conservation The American Alligator The visible alligator skull Crocodilian evolution

Males can weigh 500 lbs to over 1000 pounds; one American Alligator allegedly reached a length of 19 feet, 2 inches (5.8 meters), which would make it the largest recorded.

The American Alligator has a large, slightly rounded body, with thick limbs, a broad head, and a very powerful tail.

Larger male alligators have been known to take down Florida panther and bears, making the American alligator the apex predator throughout its distribution.

The resulting data set consisted of 45 avian genomes sequenced in part for this project [48 when including previously published species (40 — 42)-RSB- and three nonavian reptiles [American alligator, green sea turtle, and green anole lizard (43)-RSB-(table S1), with details reported in (44 — 52).

These estimates are the first for the wild adult American alligator and may provide rare insight into crocodilian foraging behaviors.

The ultimate goal is removing the species from the endangered species list to join the American Alligator and Bald Eagle as a conservation success.

And what North American section would be complete without the American alligator?

The Rock stars as Davis, a primatologist whose best friend — an orphaned albino gorilla named George — is transformed into a building - size monster by an experimental mutagen, along with a gray wolf and an American alligator.

A boat tour of The Sea Pines Forest Preserve gives you a close - up view of Hilton Head's indigenous plant and animal life, including the American Alligator.

This 600 - acre preserve features some of Hilton Head's many indigenous plants and animal species, including the American alligator.

In just a few decades, the American alligator has gone from near extinction to thriving to being a target.

However, only fifty years ago, the American Alligator was nearly hunted to extinction in Florida, were placed on the endangered species list in 1973, and then delisted in 1987 when their population rebounded.

The American alligator Alligator mississippiensis was once considered endangered, but through protection plans, management, and captive propagation it has made a remarkable comeback.

An American alligator and a Burmese python struggle in Everglades National Park.

Not exact matches

Fauna includes an American black bear, otters, alligators, bobcats, Florida panthers, tortoises, freshwater turtles, geese, swans, sandhill cranes, blue - beaked ducks, flamingos, bald eagles, golden eagles, owls, peacocks, macaws, and iguanas.

So due to lack of time in my hectic schedule, I've been sticking to an easy outfit formula - trousers and bodysuits... I'm wearing an American Apparel bodysuit, vintage Armani trousers, Aquazzura metallic sandals, vintage alligator bag and Celine sunglasses.

Between then and settling in L.A., Joe got himself into a fair share of adventures as he searched for those absent parents — working at an alligator farm, playing with firecrackers with a Native American (Adam Beach), being named a hero after he's credited with saving a science class from poisonous fumes, getting captured by a cross-dressing serial killer, finding and lugging around a meteorite.

Though often referred to as alligators, Belize have only crocodiles, the American (up to 20 feet) and Morelet's (to 8 feet)- Crocodylus moreleti.

Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925 - 2008), Two Alligators, 1979, gelatin silver print, signed, dated and numbered 5/75 on lower margin, matted and framed under plexiglass, 8.5 «h x 13 «w (sight), 17 «h x 21 «w (frame) Read more

A dozen more followed, traveling from the Bronx Zoo and two other and North American parks to the Changxing Yinjiabian Chinese Alligator Nature Reserve [to ensure maximum genetic diversity].»

The federal government continues to list alligators as threatened, but only to provide a shield of protections for an animal of close resemblance — the rare American crocodile of South Florida.

After his conference finished in Florida, I sent us on a six - hour road trip to Savannah for the weekend (via the Kennedy Space Center and St Augustine) with a stop at the atmospheric Copper Pig for BBQ — we've both decided American «BBQ» food ain't our thang — and a pit of live alligators.