Extreme forest modifications detrimentally affected the conservation and ecological value of both amphibian and reptile communities, and altered the evolutionary processes shaping these communities, while forests with lower impact disturbances might, to some extent, serve as reservoirs of species. Leer más.
Researchers at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology examined the Plethodontidae, a dominant family of salamanders that are all lungless as adults, and discovered that they do develop lungs as embryos, providing insight into the evolution of lung loss over millions of years. Their findings were recently published in the journal Science Advances. Leer màs.
El passat cap de setmana va tindre lloc la segona edició del curs d’herpetologia de l’Associació Herpetològica Timon en Noguera de Albarracín (Terol, Aragó). Leer más.
