l desarrollo de proyectos eléctricos y la destrucción de su hábitat por la tala de árboles, son  las principales amenazas para la supervivencia del sapo de Bullock (Telmatobufo bullocki), un anfibio endémico de Nahuelbuta, calificado en estado crítico de conservación y que hasta hace poco se creía extinto en el planeta, condición que varió luego que zoólogos de la UdeC lo encontraran en medio de un proyecto de investigación realizado en áreas de conservación de la Forestal Arauco. Leer más.

The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s (SCBI) is offering a 3-month internship that will have a field and a laboratory focus, located at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal Virginia. Leer más.

Frogs and other amphibians are being wiped out at such a rapid rate across Asia that many are going extinct before scientists even have a chance to identify them as new species, biologists warned at an international conservation meeting in South Korea this week. Leer más.

STC is looking for talented photographers for the fifth annual Sea Turtle Calendar Contest. STC’s calendar was amazing last year with beautiful images submitted by sea turtle photographers from all around the world. This year, we are inviting photographers and artists to enter your sea turtles pictures and art for the 2013 calendar! Leer más.

Here on the Anole Annals we like to talk food. Although anoles are predominantly insectivorous creatures, we have documented some of their stranger eating habits on this blog. For example, through recent research we have learned that they are more frugivorous than previously thought. They also include other vertebrates into their diets, such as frogs. Chamaeleolis anoles, we have learned, have specialized molars to aid in crunching mollusks. Leer más.