Three Chinese hotel guests in Germany have been arrested with dozens of snakes, tortoises and frogs in their room. Leer más.

Esta página le brinda acceso a las colecciones biológicas del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, a través de nuestra base de datos, construida con Specify ©. Leer más.

The limb buds of this Anolis longitibialis embryo are visible and the fore- and mid-brain have developed into distinct lobes. Leer más.

King Kong was a tragic hero. The last of his kind and formerly the ferocious ruler of Skull Island, there was no hope for the gigantic ape trapped in the dirty, noisy confines of New York City. Carl Denham -– the fictional filmmaker who led the expedition to capture Kong –- was wrong when he quipped, “It was beauty that killed the beast” at the finale of the original 1933 RKO Pictures classic. Kong’s affection for Ann Darrow is not what did him in. Civilization killed the ape. There was no way to contain something so wild and primal. Death was the only escape Kong had from a nightmare of skyscrapers and automobiles. Leer más.

Researchers have discovered two new frog species living in the montane tropical forests of Vietnam. Known as moss frogs, these small amphibians employ camouflage as one way to keep predators at bay, in some cases resembling the moss that gives them their name. Leer más.