A pressing issue in historical biogeography for clades with long evolutionary histories and intercontinental distributions is the ever-changing position of tectonic plates. Over time, this shifting alters the proximity between areas, a factor that very few models can easily account. In addition, the absence of fossils from most molecular phylogenies often erases biogeographic signals not retained in trees of extant taxa. Leer más.
Ranaviruses pose major threats to biodiversity and human livelihoods, with mass mortalities and population collapse following disease outbreaks in both wild and farmed animals. This has led to all amphibian-infecting ranaviruses and Ranavirus perca1 in fish being included on the list of notifiable agents by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH). Leer más.
El Naturkunde alberga una magnífica colección de lagartijas pitiusas recolectadas por Martin Eisentraut hace 97 años. Ir al enlace (para leer el artículo completo se precisa estar suscrito al Diario de Ibiza).
This review highlights the need for noninvasive sampling methods and long-term monitoring to guide conservation strategies and assess ecosystem and turtle health. Freshwater chelonians remain essential for understanding contamination dynamics and mitigating environmental degradation in aquatic habitats. Leer más.
La tortuga carey (Eretmochelys imbricata), especie en peligro crítico de extinción, ha sido explotada durante mucho tiempo por su caparazón, utilizado en Costa Rica para las mortales espuelas en las peleas ilegales de gallos. Leer más.
