Efectivos de los Agentes Rurales han recuperado una pitón de dos metros de largo y unos cinco kilogramos de peso que unos vecinos de la calle Nàpols de Barcelona encontraron en el salón de su casa. Leer más.

En el apartado de investigación, se han acometido proyectos sobre anfibios, topillo campesino, crustáceos entomostráceos, características de las lagunas, de su fauna bentónica y flora, estudio de la vegetación y se han concedido tres permisos de anillamiento de paseriformes, fochas y cigüeñas en el entorno de la Reserva. Leer más.

Recently discovered frogs in Asia are becoming extinct so fast that biologists don’t even have time to identify them, according to biologists who issued warnings in South Korea last week at the World Conservation Congress, the once every four years meeting of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Leer más.

The project, coordinated by Pond Conservation and involving Amphibian and Reptile Conservation as the lead partner, has helped to create over 1000 ponds to benefit Biodiversity Action Plan species across England and Wales. Leer más.

rogs, salamanders, and other amphibians aren’t known as faithful lovers. They mate, then they scram. But researchers have now identified one species of poisonous Peruvian frog—Ranitomeya imitator—that has given monogamy a shot, the first amphibian known to do so. What’s more, the frogs seem to be doing it for the kids: Limited resources keep them close to their offspring-and to each other-a condition that may have influenced the evolution of parenting strategies in other species as well. Leer más.