The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the largest natural history museum in the western United States and a national leader in exhibitions, education and research, seeks a curator specializing in the study of amphibians and/or reptiles to oversee its extensive collection of herpetological specimens. Currently the museum is undergoing a dramatic and exciting transformation involving development of new exhibitions, outside teaching-learning gardens and a nature lab. Foremost in the museum’s mission is creating experiences embodied by the phrase ‘where research and collections meet the visitor experience’. The desired candidate will have high level communication skills and an innate ability to engage and enthuse the public and stakeholders through his or her work. |
Scientists from the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust have brought 22 Critically Endangered orange-tailed skinks to the UK. The animals are thought to be extinct on their native Flat Island in Mauritius, because invasive shrews that prey on them are now established there. Leer más.
El esqueleto en el que se basa la nueva especie (ZDM 5050) procede del museo de sitio “Zigong Dinosaur Museum” (wikipedia, web oficial) en el pueblo de Dashampu (prefectura de Zigong, provincia de Sichuan, China). Leer más.
Nightfall in the misted lowland forests of Costa Rica, Panama, and northern Columbia awakens a brown frog with characteristic blue thighs. The Panama cross-banded treefrog (Similisca sila) hides among the dense overhanging vegetation on forest floors. The moisture of mist and droplets of water are not enough for the little frog; it stays close to slow-moving stream banks and shallow rocky pools where its tadpoles can be found. It is not afraid of the dark or of heights. It can venture higher in the forest or even to more open landscapes if it so desires. The Panama cross-banded treefrog can live in secondary forest complete with dense vegetation. It has been found ranging from sea level to 500 meters above sea level. Leer más.
Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have discovered proteins in frog skins which could be used to treat cancer, diabetes, stroke and transplant patients by regulating the growth of blood vessels. Leer más.
