Tag: Caribbean

December 17, 2021

Wild Cam: Tracking Venezuelan dolphins

Researchers are tracking dolphin populations across parts of the Venezuelan coast in an effort to improve information in an understudied part of the Caribbean Sea. “Venezuela holds 33% of the...

July 30, 2021

WSB: Veterinary drugs can help field biologists

Wildlife biologists in the field could use drugs that veterinarians often use to anaesthetize animals. According to new research on invasive Indian mongooses (Urva auropunctata) in the Caribbean, Alfaxalone, an...

July 28, 2020

Alien robots reveal how native lizards turn up fight mode

Native lizards are taking exception to robots invading their home territories when those robots resemble other anoles. Researchers found that in response to small lizard robots, native Dominican anoles flapped...

May 6, 2020

Hurricanes can shape lizard evolution

The winds of change blow strongly on the toepads of lizards most frequently caught in the paths of hurricanes. A new study on nearly 200 anole species across the Caribbean...

June 27, 2017

Lionfish documented preying on previously unknown species

Known to wreak havoc along shallower reefs by outcompeting or eating up native organisms, invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) are now swimming into deep, largely unexplored reefs and devouring species scientists...