WHEN a snake bites, a visit to the snake charmer is not what the doctor ordered. But according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this is what people are doing – and they are dying for their trouble. Leer más.





La lagartija de Valverde (Algyroides marchi) es una especie de saurópsidos (reptiles) escamosos pertenecientes a la familia Lacertidae. El epíteto hace referencia al empresario y financiero Juan March. Leer más.
El lución (Anguis fragilis) es un lagarto ápodo (sin patas) común en Europa y el este de Asia. También se le conoce como culebrilla de cristal. Leer más.
As the weather begins to become warm and damp in spring 2012, Common toads (Bufo bufo) will wake up from their winter hibernation. The only thing toads are interested in every spring is getting back to their breeding ponds –generally not just any old pond, but the pond they grew up in themselves. They will try to get back there, no matter what is in the way – including busy roads. Leer más.