Based on two new studies by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, regeneration of a new limb or organ in a human will be much more difficult than the mad scientist and supervillain, Dr. Curt Connors, made it seem in the Amazing Spider-man comics and films. Leer más.





University of Florida researchers studying river turtles in Missouri found populations of the northern map turtle have not recovered from harvesting in the 1970s. Leer más.
T’agradaria tenir els coneixements necessaris per manipular amfibis i rèptils? Si t’interessa, El Raspinell i el CRARC (Centre de Recuperació d’Amfibis i Rèptils de Catalunya) et proposen un curs molt pràctic. Leer más.
It’s a 106-degree Fahrenheit day in the Mojave Desert. Heat devils dance off chocolate-hued Clark Mountain on the horizon. Air-conditioned cars zip along Interstate 15 toward Las Vegas. And inside a chain-link pen covered to keep out predators are scores of rare, threatened, sand-colored desert tortoises. Leer más.