Just over an hour ago I was eating breakfast by the pond, watching the damselflies, gnats, and tadpoles growing active in the morning sunshine, when I noticed some of the lily pads moving. The water rippled and then a bright orange throat snapped above the surface with an audible gulp! Leer más.
Professor Kellar Autumn, who is the chair of the Biology Dept. at Lewis and Clark College, came to an OMSI Science Pub to talk about his amazing work uncovering the secrets of the nanotechnology employed by gecko toes. Jasper loves reptiles and amphibians, and found this really interesting. Leer más.
Fifteen conservation groups have banded together to save around 2,400 hectares (6,000 acres) of primary rainforest in Guatemala, home to a dozen imperiled amphibians as well as the recently discovered Merendon palm pit viper (Bothriechis thalassinus). Leer más.
La Junta de Andalucía ha puesto en marcha las medidas adoptadas después de que técnicos del Programa de actuaciones de conservación de anfibios amenazados de la Consejería de Agricultura, Pesca y Medio Ambiente han confirmado la existencia en Andalucía de varias poblaciones de anfibios infectadas por quitridiomicosis, entre las especies afectadas se encuentran el sapo partero bético, incluido como Vulnerable en el Catálogo Español de Especies Amenazadas. Leer más.
The tuatara, an iconic New Zealand reptile, chews its food in a way unlike any other animal on the planet — challenging the widespread perception that complex chewing ability is closely linked to high metabolism. Leer más.
