recently discovered articulated partial skeleton of Ornithomimus from the Upper Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada is remarkable in the extent and quality of preservation of integumentary structures including feathers. Leer más.

Most dromaeosaurids were small- to medium-sized cursorial, scansorial, and arboreal, sometimes volant predators, but a comparatively small percentage grew to gigantic proportions. Only two such giant «raptors» have been described from North America. Here, we describe a new giant dromaeosaurid, Dakotaraptor steini gen. et sp. nov., from the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota. Leer más.

Científicos cubanos anunciaron hoy aquí el descubrimiento de una nueva especie de anfibio de pequeño tamaño denominada Eleutherodactylus beguei, endémica de Guantánamo. Leer más.

The genus Rhynchocalamus comprises three species distributed in Southwest Asia. Little is known about them, most probably because of their secretive fossorial lifestyle. The poor knowledge of the genus is even underscored by the fact that its phylogenetic affinities remained unclear until very recently. Leer más.

Conservationists in Hong Kong are expressing concern about the growing threat posed by ocean trash to endangered marine animals. Leer más.