More fossil tracks of vertebrates have come to light on the South African coast, adding to the picture of an ancient plain full of wildlife.
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There are 401 indigenous terrestrial reptiles in South Africa.
More than half of the world’s turtle species are endangered or threatened, and overhunting of wild species is a major cause.
Track marks are a way to fill in the blanks that sometimes exist in the body fossil record.
The Galapagos Islands’ giant tortoises are one of the world’s best examples of evolution. Scientists are pioneering new conservation strategies to save them from extinction and restore their habitat.
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Vertebrate Conservation Biology and Director of the Roosevelt Wild Life Station, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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Professor of Herpetology, Environmental Physiology and Physiology, Ecology and Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand
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Principal Scientist, University of Johannesburg
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Teaching Faculty of Biology, University of Richmond