Investigadores del CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), de la Ohio University, de la UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) y de la Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin han publicado un estudio científico que aporta datos inéditos sobre las habilidades en el movimiento del cuello y la cabeza del saurópodo ‘Spinophorosaurus nigerensis’, «uno de los dinosaurios más completos y primitivos que se conocen», según ha informado en un comunicado el consistorio ilicitano. Leer más.
Reptile Biodiversity. Standard Methods for Inventory and Monitoring. Roy W. McDiarmid (Editor), Mercedes S. Foster (Editor), Craig Guyer (Editor), J. Whitfield Gibbons (Editor), Neil Chernoff (Editor). Ir al enlace.
What clothing designer wouldn’t want the fashion sense of these flashy frogs? But be careful! Their beautiful color patterns are a warning signal to predators that says: “Hey! You’ll regret eating me!!!” Okay, maybe not exactly that…but they are one of the world’s most poisonous amphibian species. Leer más.
Forestry officials in central Myanmar have seized nearly 10,000 snakes in 400 crates that were to be smuggled to China. Leer más.
US officials have announced a ban on imports of four types of snakes after years of unsuccessful efforts to eradicate the giant reptiles from Everglades National Park in Florida and from other ecologically sensitive areas. Leer más.
