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Alligator snapping turtle

Biologist works to rebuild families of alligator snapping turtles

Ligon shares about how his research is replenishing one species.

March 14, 2017 by Strategic Communication

Conducting research to aid the conservation of a species whose numbers have declined is often challenging precisely because they are scarce. For animals that are naturally secretive, they are even more difficult to detect and therefore study. One such species is the alligator snapping turtle which after decades of population decline has been petitioned for federal listing as an endangered species three times. These large turtles are of particular interest to Dr. Day Ligon, associate professor of biology at Missouri State.

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  1. Restoring a species



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Filed Under: Discovery, Faculty and Staff Page Tagged With: Biology, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Day Ligon, faculty, Mind's Eye, Missouri State Journal, research

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