Este año se cumple la décima edición de las jornadas medioambientales de Oñati, y los organizadores han puesto especial énfasis en el grupo vertebrado más amenazado del planeta: los anfibios. Leer más.
G. M. Vélez-Rubio , L. Cardona, M. López-Mendilaharsu, G. Martínez Souza, A. Carranza, D. González-Paredes, J. Tomás. Marine Biology. Volume 163, Issue 3, March 2016. The present study combines esophageal lavage (n = 74), stomach content (n = 52) and stable isotope analysis (n = 126) to understand the ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) inhabiting the temperate waters off Uruguay. Leer más.
ACN Parets del Vallès.-L’equip d’investigació de l’Escola de la Natura de Parets del Vallès va desenvolupar l’any 2004 el projecte Grafi, un estudi que vol aportar coneixements sobre la morfologia, biologia i distribució de la granota de Graf (Pelophylax kl. grafiç) i comparar-los amb ( Pelophylax perezi) en l’àmbit català. Leer más.
A female Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) — potentially the last female of her species — has been artificially inseminated. The procedure, which brought together top scientists from China, Australia and the United States, provides a ray of hope in a continuing effort to save the world’s most endangered turtle. Leer más.
Tropidurus Wied, 1825, is one of the most ubiquitous lizard genera endemic to South America. Herpetologists from different regions of the continent have progressively mapped new populations, including undescribed species hidden under widely distributed nominal taxa. Currently, four monophyletic species groups are recognized in Tropidurus (T. bogerti group [monotypic], T. semitaeniatus group [four species], T. spinulosus group [five species], and T. torquatus group [16 species]), but none have been comprehensively revised taxonomically. Leer más.
