Bali the python is believed to be the longest snake in Britain, measuring in at more than 23 feet in length. So it was never going to be easy work when staff at Chester Zoo chose to carry out an ultrasound scan on Bali as part of a heart check-up. It took six volunteers to lift the hefty creature out of her enclosure and out to the waiting hands of Dr Eric Stohr, from Cardiff Metropolitan University. Leer más.
Con el fin de impulsar la visibilidad internacional de las investigaciones realizadas en la Universidad de Alcalá por medio de la publicación de trabajos científicos en revistas especializadas de alto impacto, se hace pública la presente Convocatoria de Ayudas para la Traducción de Artículos Científicos. Leer más.
Look up any dinosaur, and chances are you will soon come across an estimate for how long it was. And chances are that estimate is wrong. That’s because, as Dave Hone from University College Dublin points out, our knowledge of dinosaur tails is woefully inadequate. Leer más.
Dinosaurs, the mystical and often fierce giants that once roamed planet Earth, seem to come alive in the minds of many a child. It was this imagination that led one young dino enthusiast to attempt to bring these paleo-beasts to life through his science-based illustrations. Leer más.
