Immediately after emerging from their underground nests on the lush beaches of eastern Florida, loggerhead sea turtles scramble into the sea and embark alone on a migration that takes them around the entire North Atlantic basin. Survivors of this epic migration eventually return to North America’s coastal waters. Leer más.

I’m happy to report the good news that a new population of the Critically Endangered glass frog (Centrolene heloderma) has been discovered in the cloud forests of Ecuador. Leer más.

A drug made from the saliva of the Gila monster lizard is effective in reducing the craving for food. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, have tested the drug on rats, who after treatment ceased their cravings for ordinary food and also chocolate. Leer más.

La actividad del sábado 19 de mayo, que forma parte del proyecto Adopta una balsa del grupo naturalista Roncadell, consistirá en censar la población de sapos parteros (Alytes obstetricans) del aljibe de La Costera. Además, se visitará el depósito de agua de la montaña, donde AE-Agró ha instalado una rampa de fuga para evitar ahogamientos entre la fauna de este paraje natural, que está bajo la custodia del territorio ecologista. Leer más.

Profiles of more than one million species are now available at the click of a mouse, thanks to a splurge of images and other data provided by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. Leer más.