Dar a conocer los reptiles y anfibios que habitan la comarca, así como desterrar la mala imagen que injustamente se les ha atribuido históricamente, es el objetivo de los talleres divulgativos que viene impartiendo la Asociación Arbórea en los centros de Educación Primaria de la comarca, por los que pasarán cerca de medio millar de alumnos de tercer y cuarto curso. Leer más.

A small fish crawling on stumpy limbs from a shrinking desert pond is an icon of can-do spirit, emblematic of a leading theory for the evolutionary transition between fish and amphibians. This theorized image of such a drastic adaptation to changing environmental conditions, however, may, itself, be evolving into a new picture. Leer más.

The Orinoco Crocodile, Crocodylus intermedius, is listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It is restricted to the middle and lower reaches of the Orinoco River and its tributaries in Venezuela and Colombia. It is a hole-nesting species and the females lay an average clutch size of 38 to 44 eggs. In 1800, the largest male ever was recorded measuring 6.5 metres in length. Leer más.

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A killer fungus that nearly wiped out amphibian populations in various countries to extinction across the world has been detected for the first time in the country. The presence of the deadly chytrid fungus has been detected by scientists from the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, here, in collaboration with the University of Helsinki and the Imperial College, London. Leer más.