Bé com que veig que mai trobo el moment per fer entrades llargues al bloc (les que m’agraden més de fer, però que demanen més feina alhora, clar), de moment, aniré penjant entrades curioses encara que no siguin tant treballades…. la feina m’està depredant! I com que la feina m’està depredant i treballo en aquests moments en depredació… penjo aquestes fotos fetes durant els experiments que estem duent a terme a la facultat… sobre depredació. Leer más.

Many people live in fear of snakes, especially of venomous species that can inflict a lethal bite. There is evidence that our fear of snakes is innate, because our ancestors have been preyed upon by them for millions of years, even before we were primates. Other evidence suggests a significant learned component to ophidiophobia. Leer más.

In recent years it has – I really, really hope – become better known that non-bird reptiles (turtles, lizards, snakes, crocodiles, alligators and so on) are not boring dullards, but behaviourally complex creatures that get up to all sorts of interesting things. Leer más.

Many studies have shown the importance of colorful ornamentation in mate choosiness or intrasexual conflict. However, research on color ornaments has focused mainly on birds, lizards or fish, but remains practically unknown in other animal groups such as turtles. Leer más.

La Nueva España publicó el pasado lunes (12-11-13) una noticia acerca de las últimas investigaciones que se están realizando sobre las huellas de dinosaurios del Jurásico de Asturias, a raíz de la visita que efectuó la periodista Patricia Martínez a los laboratorios del MUJA con motivo de la Semana de la Ciencia. Leer más.