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What’s the difference between an alligator and a crocodile?
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It’s not easy being blue … the video!
For just a few short days each spring, male Moor Frogs (Rana arvalis) turn blue while breeding. And we were lucky enough to have had the cameras rolling last weekend to capture to all the fun!
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Amazing Species: La Gomera Giant Lizard
The La Gomera Giant Lizard, Gallotia bravoana, is listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It is native to La Gomera Island (of the Canary Islands) and can grow to up to 1.2 metres in length.
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Scratching the surface of social interaction
It can be difficult to uncover the behavior of small, shy, nocturnal primates like the brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus), especially in the dense rainforests of Madagascar where this lemur lives. New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Ecology shows that the social interactions of brown mouse lemurs can be monitored by mapping the transfer of tagged lice.
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Top priorities in biodiversity science agreed
Concluding a four-year global consultation, international experts have agreed on key efforts needed to reduce the on-going loss of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services.
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Study by NOAA and partners shows some Gulf dolphins severely ill
Bottlenose dolphins in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, are showing signs of severe ill health, according to NOAA marine mammal biologists and their local, state, federal and other research partners.
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Golf Course Caught Killing Endangered Frogs, Again
Conservation groups asked for a court order on Friday that will hold the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department accountable for illegal activities at Sharp Park Golf Course, just weeks after the Department was caught killing threatened California red-legged frogs there for a second year in a row. The recent killings were extensively documented by San Francisco State University biology students over several weeks of observation during this year’s short, exceptionally dry winter frog-breeding season.
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