A study by researchers in Sweden and Spain says that global warming is altering the reproduction of plants and animals, notably accelerating the date when reproduction and other life processes occur. They found that some amphibians are capable of making their offspring grow at a faster rate if they have been born later due to the climate. Leer más.
Hitherto viewed by many here and elsewhere as an insignificant part of the fauna of the Blue Mountains, reptiles have of late been generating considerable interest among not only wildlife enthusiasts and students of wildlife biology but also the public on account of growing awareness about their role in protecting this ecologically fragile area. Leer más.
Dendropsophus ozzyi, seen here in its Amazon habitat, has an unusually high-pitched, chirpy call. Leer más.
.J) | o son pocas las culebras, de distintas especies, que cada año mueren aplastadas en las carreteras. Por un lado, los reptiles, como otros tantos animales cada vez más acorralados, tienen la necesidad de trasladarse cruzando obligatoriamente nuestras vías. Por otro lado, las culebras buscan el calor que desprende el asfalto para reactivarse, una trampa de la que muchas ya no saldrán. Ir al enlace. |
Entrada con imágenes de herpetos encontrados en Asturias. Ir al enlace.
