The first mild, rainy evening of late winter or early spring often sends hundreds of the lizard-like amphibians out in search of love. Trouble is, the tiny animals often venture onto rural roads to try to get from one swampy site to another, and that makes them vulnerable to even occasional traffic. Leer más.





Investigadores del Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA) y del CONICET descubrieron restos de un saurópodo que medía más de 10 metros al este de la Península Antártica. Ahora, intentarán develar cómo estos dinosaurios cuadrúpedos de gran tamaño llegaron al continente que hoy está aislado geográficamente. Leer más.
This wood frog can stay frozen all winter until it thaws out in spring. Patrick explains how the frog is physiologically able to freeze and thaw it’s body. Footage from our Rite of Spring episode. Ir al enlace.
The Bornean Flat-headed Frog, Barbourula kalimantanensis, is listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This small frog is found in the Kapuas River Basin in Indonesia. It is the only known frog species to have no lungs; instead it gets all the oxygen it needs through its skin. Leer más.
La Reserva de la Biosfera de Fuerteventura organiza una suelta de cinco tortugas ‘boba’ en la Playa de Cofete. Ir al enlace.