Using Nocturnal Observations to Validate Diurnal Track Interpretations
Fantastic news as a start to 2017! Our paper has been published in the scientific journal “Chelonian Conservation and Biology” about the first 8 years of turtle research at the…
Busy, busy Turtle Days at Gnaraloo… With a sprinkle of Christmas
The work load for the GTCP 2016/17 team does not seem to go down though the Christmas holidays are around the corner. The female turtles are not giving us a…
Wildlife Wednesday: Sand Dollars (Arachnoides tenuis)
Have you ever picked up a white flat shell with a beautiful five petal flower pattern engraved into it on the beach? This in fact is the endoskeleton of a…
Wildlife Wednesday: Oyster Catcher (Haematopus longirostris)
Sorry folks for the delay in posting our weekly Wildlife Wednesday post! But here we have been so busy working on the beach, and actually seeing turtles coming up! When…
Fun Fact Friday: Do Flightless Emu have Dense Bones?
It is known that birds have hollow bones to aid them in flight. The fact is that, not all bird species have hollow bones. Some have solids bones (marrow-filled) and…
Wildlife Wednesday: Perentie (Varanus giganteus)
This is a very seldom sighting for anyone, due to its shy nature and the remoteness of its habitat (such as Gnaraloo). The perenties can be found in the desert…
GTCP 2016/17 First Night Survey
As part of our research, we run night surveys along the Gnaraloo beaches, to estimate nest detection bias for the Day Surveys. Last night we had our first official Night…
Andrew Greenley, A Scientific Intern from Season 2012/13
The Gnaraloo Turtle Conservation Program (GTCP) has been running since 2008 and still running, developing and improving every year. Each year a new seasonal team of enthusiastic research interns join…
A visit from DPaW and a second nest
Yesterday, we had the privilege to have had Keely Markovina (Nature Conservation Ranger) and Peter Barnes (Ningaloo Marine Park Manager) come and visit us, the new GTCP 2016/17 team, at…
Wildlife Wednesday: Nankeen kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
At Gnaraloo Station we get a lot of species of animals we can observe apart from our turtles. Here we also can encounter other marine species, mammals, birds and reptiles.…
