Our data confirm the continued importance of these beaches for the Mediterranean green turtle population and underscore the reliance of this endangered population on a man-made lagoon for recent increases in clutch counts at monitored beaches. The results highlight the utility of satellite telemetry to inform conservation status assessments and establishing conservation at both nesting and foraging sites across the population. Leer más.
The new Namibian material is recovered as a sister species to A. donveae, from which it differs mostly by the colour of the iris (copper versus black) and dorsal colouration. Material from the first elevational gradient of the escarpment in Benguela Province, Angola was found to be more closely related to A. bogerti than A. wulfhaackei. The differences between these two species are more subtle, although the new species exhibits higher mid-body scale rows (79.5 versus 74.8), different dorsal colouration and supranasal scales always in contact (versus 57% in contact). Leer más.
Our findings demonstrate that this cryptic color pattern evolved rapidly and recurrently in terrestrial anurans, and therefore constitutes an ideal system to study repeated evolution. Leer más.
Claudia Flores, originaria del pueblo indígena huitoto, lidera los esfuerzos de conservación de la tortuga taricaya (Podocnemis unifilis) en Tres Esquinas, pequeña comunidad de apenas 10 familias en la Amazonía peruana. En cinco años de trabajo han logrado liberar alrededor de 5500 crías de tortuga taricaya en el río Putumayo. Leer más.
Científicos de Ilia State University, en Georgia, verificaron con ADN de muestras de tejidos, la existencia de una cuarta especie de anaconda 20 años después de ser descrita a partir de características morfológicas. Leer más.
