Alligator blood contains bacteria fighters that could help wounded soldiers in the field, according to new research. Alligators live in bacteria-filled environments and dine on carrion. Yet this ancient reptile rarely falls ill. Leer más.

Researchers recently observed parental care in Japanese giant salamanders (Andrias japonicus). Using both natural and artificial nests, the researchers observed that after a female giant salamander laid her eggs in the nest that a male was guarding she left and the male stayed. Leer más.

Fan-throated lizards (Sitana) are one of the Indian Subcontinent’s most widespread and charismatic lizards, found in many of the region’s drier, scrubbier habitats. Not surprisingly, lizards across this vast range vary dramatically, most strikingly in the size and coloration of the throat-fans for which they’re named. Leer más.

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.