Virgin births among captive animals have been described as a desperate attempt by females with no access to males to procreate, but a new study documents several cases of birth by wild female snakes that had no help from the males. Leer más.

Surviving Chytridiomycosis: Differential Anti-Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Activity in Bacterial Isolates from Three Lowland Species of Atelopus. Ir al enlace.

Two distinct lineages of Rana temporaria are known in the Palaearctic region, but it is uncertain whether this species persisted in one or more Pleistocene refugia. We resolved the phylogeographic history and genetic variability of R. temporaria in the Italian peninsula, a ‘traditional’ Pleistocene refugium, and related our findings to patterns described for other European populations. Leer más.

Impresionante imagen de arribadas masivas de tortuga lora (Lepydochelys olivacea) en el Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre de Ostional, en el Pacífico de Costa Rica durante la pasada semana. Ir al enlace.

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