More than a million green turtle eggs were laid last year on one of the Turtle Islands in the Philippines, breaking at least three records since recording of nesting there started in 1984, according to Conservation International. Leer más.

Investigadores de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid han hallado un menisco en la cadera de los anfibios que no había sido descrito hasta ahora en la literatura científica. El estudio también ha permitido identificar importantes características anatómicas para ahondar en el conocimiento de la anatomía y funcionalidad de la cadera animal y humana. Leer más.

A University of Rhode Island biologist who released lizards on tiny uninhabited islands in the Bahamas has shed light on the interaction between evolutionary processes that are seldom observed. Leer más.

“Peep. Peep. Peep.” It’s this distinctive call that gives a tiny frog the name spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer). Since the frogs are one of the first to emerge from their winter hideouts in New England, it’s one of the first and most distinctive signs of spring. For many, it’s enough to just listen to the chorus of hundreds of frogs around a vernal pool, but did you know that you can be part of an important scientific project too? Leer más.

The first still photo is of a female Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus) attending her nest of eggs in western North Carolina.  This clutch of at least 17 eggs was laid on June 25, 2011 and the first photo shown here was taken on August 5 when the eggs were already well developed. Leer más.