No one knows much about hellbenders in South Carolina, but recent federal action has focused attention on whether the big salamanders need special protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Leer más.
Una nueva especie de Thescelosaurus (dinosaurio herbívoro) se ha confirmado en Saskatchewan (Canadá). Leer más.
 | Los días 12 y el 25 de Noviembre miembros de ANSE y de la Asociación Ardeida, en colaboración con la Dirección General de Medio Ambiente, organizaron dos censos de camaleones (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) en el Pinar de Coterillo, en San Pedro del Pinatar. A los camaleones encontrados durante el censo se les medía la longitud del cuerpo y se les intentaba determinar el sexo. Leer más. |
What more can we learn about long-necked dinosaurs that we don’t already know? A Macalester professor and her colleagues have found that Madagascar dinosaurs carried giant, hollow bones in their skin that may have helped them survive the harsh environments they inhabited. This discovery has shed new light on the anatomy and function of these bones in the biggest animals to ever walk on land. Leer más.
An international team of researchers has reviewed the evidence linking exposure to atrazine — an herbicide widely used in the U.S. and more than 60 other nations — to reproductive problems in animals. The team found consistent patterns of reproductive dysfunction in amphibians, fish, reptiles and mammals exposed to the chemical. Leer más.
