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Researchers* have recently published in the online edition of the journal Cretaceous Research the discovery and description of a turtle from the end of the age of dinosaurs.They have named this new species as Polysternon isonae, in recognition of the municipality of Isona I Conca Dellà (Catalonia, Spain), where the fossil remains of the specimen type have been found. Leer más.

The Yellow-spotted Tree Frog, Litoria castanea, is listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Previously known from two distinct populations in south-eastern Australia, separated by a distance of about 500 km, this species had not been seen since 1980 and was feared to be extinct. However, it was recently rediscovered in a remote creek in the Southern Tablelands region. Leer más.