Heat tolerance’s constraining effects on animals’ warm range edges remain uncertain. We discovered that it depends on the taxon and the heat tolerance parameter used. Leer más.





Compared with the risks associated with climate warming and extremes, the risks of climate-induced drying to animal species remain understudied. This is particularly true for water-sensitive groups, such as anurans (frogs and toads), whose long-term survival must be considered in the context of both environmental changes and species sensitivity. Leer más.
Carmona-González, R.; Carro, F.; González de la Vega, J.P.; Martínez-Freiría, F. Temporal Range Dynamics of the Lataste’s Viper (Vipera latastei Boscá, 1878) in Doñana (Spain): Insights into Anthropogenically Driven Factors. Animals 2024, 14, 3025. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14203025
We hypothesize that the divergent pattern found in turtles originated from an amniote ancestral state defined by a nuclear configuration with extensive associations among microchromosomes that were preserved upon the reshuffling of the linear genome. Leer más.
We found that body condition, and especially size and sex, explain a great proportion of the variability observed in this species. These differences point to an effect of ontogeny, which might play a major role in colour development owing to the longevity of this species. Leer más.