New Arrival: Baby Maugean Skate Hatches From Captive-Laid Egg in World First for the Endangered Species
August 14, 2024
August 14, 2024
HOBART, Australia, Aug. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Tasmania issued the following news release:
For the first time ever, a baby Maugean skate has hatched from an egg laid in captivity - and scientists are looking forward to more arrivals soon.
It's an exciting time for marine ecologists at the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), who have been working around the clock since an adult female skate was brought into captivity in D . . .
For the first time ever, a baby Maugean skate has hatched from an egg laid in captivity - and scientists are looking forward to more arrivals soon.
It's an exciting time for marine ecologists at the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), who have been working around the clock since an adult female skate was brought into captivity in D . . .