El hallazgo del esqueleto de un fósil de terópodo, de hace 150 millones de años, en China, ha dado un vuelco a lo que hasta ahora se ha sabido sobre las primeras aves que volaron sobre la Tierra, e incluso a la propia definición de lo que es o no un ave. Leer más.
A genetic study focusing on the Central American river turtle (Dermatemys mawii) recently turned up surprising results for a team of Smithsonian scientists involved in the conservation of this critically endangered species. Small tissue samples collected from 238 wild turtles at 15 different locations across their range in Southern Mexico, Belize and Guatemala revealed a “surprising lack” of genetic structure, the scientists write in a recent paper in the journal Conservation Genetics. 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.
Dos quilos i prop de 70 cm d’allargada, aquestes són les mides del curiós rèptil localitzat a sota les grades del galliner del teatre del Casino Llagosterenc. La troballa l’han fet els operaris de l’empresa que aquests dies participen en les feines de reforma d’aquesta part del teatre. Leer más.
Modern scientists would have loved the sight of early reptiles running across the Bromacker near Tambach-Dietharz (Germany) 300 million years ago. Leer más.
