Por segundo año consecutivo, voluntarios de Ecologistas en Acción hemos efectuado una salida nocturna con el motivo de llevar a cabo un muestreo de anfibios (ranas, sapos, salamandras, etc.); actividad que realizamos en colaboración con la Asociación Herpetológica Española (AHE) dentro del proyecto SARE (Seguimiento de Anfibios y Reptiles). Resaltamos el hecho de que con esta actividad sólo se los identifica y cuenta visualmente, no se los manipula ni extrae de su hábitat. Leer más.

The National Zoo in Washington D.C. got a surprise when a pair of tentacled snakes (Erpeton tentaculatum) gave birth to eight babies last month. The zoo released photos of the babies today. Leer más.

Xenoceratops foremostensis gen. et. sp. nov., a new centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Foremost Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, is described based on frill material from at least three adult-sized individuals collected from a low-density bone bed. Leer más.

Sandy’s late-season arrival meant most of the tiny hatchlings emerged well before the storm hit. All of South Carolina’s nests had hatched, said DuBose Griffin, sea turtle program coordinator for the state’s Department of Natural Resources. A record number of sea turtle nests, 4,604, were laid (from all local species) this season on South Carolina beaches. Leer más.

It’s a bird … It’s a plane … It’s a plane-size bird! If humans had lived 67 million years ago in what is now Texas, they would’ve had a hard time missing the giant flying pterosaur called Quetzalcoatlus, which was the size of an F-16 fighter jet.  Leer más.