Científicos de Australia buscan crear un banco genético de las especies nativas que habitan la región de Kimberley, en el noroeste del país, ante el peligroso avance del sapo venenoso americano en esa remota zona, informaron hoy medios locales. Leer más.

Development puts a threatened turtle species in even greater risk of dying out in the South March Highlands, especially if nothing is done to protect the animal, a study has found. Leer más.

Just a day after the close a global wildlife trade conference here, authorities at Suvarnabhumi International Airport made two big seizures, discovering hundreds of threatened tortoises and apprehending two smugglers. Among the tortoises seized were some of the rarest in the world. Leer más.

Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the areas of physiology, behavior, genetics, and health. Volume III presents timely coverage of emerging areas as well as the integration of approaches and information that did not exist even a decade ago. The book assembles the foremost experts in each topic to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive book on sea turtles available today. Leer más.

An international team of scientists led by Dr Kate Sanders from the University of Adelaide, and including Dr Mike Lee from the South Australian Museum, has uncovered how some sea snakes have developed ‘shrunken heads’ — or smaller physical features than their related species. Leer más.