No âmbito do projecto Life+ Trachemys foram libertados, no passado mês de Junho, 40 indivíduos da espécie cágado-de-carapaça-estriada (Emys orbicularis) que nasceram no RIAS. Leer más.

While teenage mutant ninja turtles may be entertaining to imagine, real life mutant reptiles are less amusing to some. No? What about real life snakes with half developed limbs? Someone who can attest to this first hand is Dean Qiongxiu, of Southwest China, who discovered a snake with a claw extremity crawling along the wall of her home. Leer más.

Le presenti linee guida sono il frutto della proficua collaborazione tra Istituzioni, Istituti di ricerca e Associazioni, che si sono impegnate per la stesura di un documento condiviso che possa dare contributi concreti alla conservazione ed alle attività di riabilitazione delle tartarughe marine. Ir al enlace.

Officials at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport say a 25-year-old Pakistani man has been arrested on suspicion of wildlife trafficking after four suitcases on a flight from Lahore were found to contain protected black pond turtles. Leer más.

There is a new Ph.D. post available beginning summer 2014 to participate in studies of amphibian population ecology, as part of an NSF-supported «Coupled natural-human systems» interdisciplinary team. Specifically this person will work with Drs. Aram Calhoun and Mac Hunter, professors in the Department of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Maine in Orono. Leer más.