In Africa morphologically very similar frogs live along fast flowing rainforest rivers and at waterfalls, the Torrent Frogs. While studying the phylogeny of these frogs, scientists from the Berlin Natural History Museum and their colleagues from Switzerland came across a scientific sensation. Leer más.
A frog’s evening serenade beckons his would-be suitors but also summons competition from rivals and attracts predators, making dating a dangerous endeavour, international researchers said. Leer más.
 | Heiko Stuckas,Guillermo Velo-Antón,Soumia Fahd,Mohsen Kalboussi,Rachid Rouag,Marco Arculeo,Federico Marrone,Francesco Sacco,Melita Vamberger,Uwe Fritz. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. February 2014. The European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) is a Nearctic element in the African fauna and thought to have invaded North Africa from the Iberian Peninsula. All North African populations are currently identified with the subspecies E. o. occidentalis. However, a nearly range-wide sampling in North Africa used for analyses of mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA provides evidence that only Moroccan populations belong to this taxon, while eastern Algerian and Tunisian pond turtles represent an undescribed distinct subspecies. Leer más. |
Ten things that you should know about the Coquí of Puerto Rico: Leer más.
Turtles have inhabited the oceans across the world for millions of years. In the present day only seven species still exist, among which three are found in the Mediterranean Sea. These species namely the green turtle, the leatherback turtle and the loggerhead turtle are classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Leer más.
