Monitoring populations over long time scales is one of the most important endeavours in ecology, but maintaining funding over decades is a huge challenge when the tenure of most research grants is only 3 years. Leer más.
Frogs infected with the flatworm Ribeiroia could be extras in a horror movie. Their bodies are a tangled mess, sprouting extra limbs and joints, and covered with strange skin webbings and bony protrusions. No longer able to walk or swim, they have become easy prey for hungry birds and that’s exactly what the parasite is counting on. Leer más.
Investigadores del Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales describieron una nueva especie de rana en el Ecuador. Se trata de la Rana Cutín de Ron, llamada así en honor a Santiago Ron, curador del Museo. Esta pertenece al género Pristimantis, que concentra a las tres cuartas partes de las especies de anfibios de la región. Leer más.
Crocodilians engage in all three main types of play distinguished by behavior specialists: locomotor play, play with objects and social play. Crocodiles have also been seen playing with other animals. In rare cases, individual crocodilians have been known to bond so strongly with people that they become playmates for years. Leer más.
The gecko genus Hemidactylus, with its 132 currently recognized species, ranks among the most species-rich reptile genera. Recent phylogenetic studies disclosed unexpectedly high genetic variability and complex biogeographic history within its arid clade distributed in the Mediterranean, Northeast Africa, Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Leer más.
