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Vegetarian Dinosaur Fought With Its Head

Not all dinosaurs had huge teeth and a taste for flesh, but new research suggests that at least one scrappy plant-eating dinosaur was a talented fighter, waging battle with its best weapon: a hard head. Leer más.

3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology

We invite all those involved in conservation to participate in the ECCB2012 which will be held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) from 28 August to 1 September 2012. Leer más.

Fauna Ibérica, fauna española: Pelophylax Perezi – Rana Comun – Anfibio

La rana común (Pelophylax perezi) es una especie de anfibio anuro de la familia Ranidae. Es una rana de tamaño mediano a grande, pudiendo alcanzar los 11 cm de longitud en las hembras, aunque no suele sobrepasar los 8 cm. Posee una coloración verde y marrón muy variable, con manchas negras, con una línea vertebral verde más clara y sin la característica mancha temporal de las ranas pardas. El vientre es de color grisáceo. Leer más.

Over 1000 New Species Found in New Guinea

Among the new species discovered from 1998 to 2008 were 218 new kinds of plants (of which around 100 are orchids), 580 invertebrates, 134 amphibians, 2 birds, 71 fish (including an extremely rare 8-foot-long river shark), 43 reptiles and 12 mammals. Leer más.