The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an international researcher mobility programme offering 10-month residencies in one of the 16 participating Institutes: Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Budapest, Cambridge, Delmenhorst, Freiburg, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna, Wassenaar, Zürich. The Institutes for Advanced Study support the focused, self-directed work of outstanding researchers. The fellows benefit from the finest intellectual and research conditions and from the stimulating environment of a multi-disciplinary and international community of first-rate scholars. Leer más.
El Ministerio de Fomento tiene atribuidas competencias dirigidas a promover la formación y el perfeccionamiento académico y profesional de su personal funcionario, como actividad básica dentro del proceso de constante actualización y modernización en el que se encuentra inmersa la Administración Pública española. Leer más.
Un total de 12 aventureros partimos el pasado sábado a observar anfibios cerca de Valgañón, en una charca situada en la sierra de la Demanda. Dada la meteorología y el frío que estamos teniendo este año, esperábamos que -a pesar de las fechas- la reproducción de los anfibios a esa altitud se encontrara en pleno apogeo. Leer más.
Today, May 23rd, is World Turtle Day. It is a day of celebrating the many unique and ancient species of turtles and tortoises around the world, and bringing awareness to their need for protection. Of the 207 species of turtle and tortoise alive today, 129 of them are listed by IUCN as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered. That’s an incredibly 62% of species! Leer más.
Whenever I stand in the forest on South Bimini in the Bahamas, I’m always struck by the similarity of these anoles to those I’ve worked with elsewhere in the Greater Antilles. Yes, that’s the whole idea behind the ecomorph concept, but as many have pointed out recently, habitat use and morphological convergence are only part of the story. Leer más.
