Electric shock treatment is not a suitable remedy for a snakebite, as two neighbours found out to their cost. Leer más.
When you walk along the streets or through the markets in any Vietnamese city or village, it is not unusual to find rows upon rows of bottles of snake wine (known locally as ruou ran). Roadside stalls and age-old markets high up in the mountains, modern city supermarkets and shopping centers, traditional pharmacies and modern chemists all sell bottles of snake wine. Leer más.
Beach goers at Manzanilla Beach were called into action last week, when they came across several turtles coming out of the water. At first glance, believing them to be the young of the sea turtles that nest on this beach from March to August, they attempted unsuccessfully to carry them back out to sea, only to realise that the turtles struggled to come back to shore. Leer más.
Acabo de pasar unos días por tierras lusas, en el Parque Nacional Peneda-Gerês, situado al noroeste de Portugal. Allí he podido disfrutar de algunas especies y subespecies propias del cuadrante noroccidental ibérico. En total, han sido 17 las especies observadas, incluyendo 8 anfibios y 9 reptiles. Leer más.
