Ladies, at long last there is an upshot to PMS. During this volatile time, women’s ability to detect snakes is temporarily enhanced. That’s what Japanese primatologists are reporting in a study published today in Nature’s Scientific Reports. Leer más.

Maryland’s threatened little bog turtles may be getting some extra help from the state’s farmers, under a new federal conservation initiative. Leer más.

Running across the Dartmouth College campus in Hanover, New Hampshire, around the western edge of Occum Pond, I spot a tiny snapping turtle alongside the road, motionless as if contemplating its future, which would have included trying to cross the road had I not intervened. Leer más.

El próximo día 15 de Marzo, a las 19:00 horas en la Fundación Concha (C/Antonio Concha nº 25, Navalmoral de la Mata – CÁCERES- ) expondremos los resultados del Atlas realizado en Campo Arañuelo, con fotografías del muestreo y los hábitats estudiados. La entrada es libre, ¡no te lo pierdas!. Leer más.

ARG UK was contacted recently by an amphibian surveyor concerning the mass mortality of toads and frogs around spawning ponds in Cornwall. Devon Reptile & Amphibian Group member Melanie Pritchard was greeted with the gruesome find of lots of toad and frog bodies by the side of the pond she was surveying. Individual toads and frogs were left in pieces in some places while in other areas piles of toads were left in heaps of dead and semi dead toads. Leer más.