Tree Frog Inspires New Easy-Off StickiesJR Minkel
Amphibian habitats are easily contaminated by several pollutants, and in agricultural landscapes the likely exposure scenario is represented by pesticides. Many of these substances are known or suspected to act as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). T
Fossils are indispensible in understanding the evolutionary origins of the modern fauna. Crown-group spadefoot toads (Anura: Pelobatoidea) are the best-known fossorial frog clade to inhabit arid environments, with species utilizing a characteristic bony
"Over the past few years we have worked with local villages to find alternative sources for wood and have even managed to reduce the frequency of wildfires, invasive vines and tree-cutting in Magombera, leading to thousands of small trees now growing back into the once almost empty forest."...
Name Odonata Fabricius, 1793 References Fabricius J.C., 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Tomus II, 1-519. Armstrong, J.S. 1973. Odonata of the Kermadec Islands.New Zealandento...
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are key regulators of gene expression in multicellular organisms. The elucidation of miRNA function and evolution depends on the identification and characterization of miRNA repertoire of strategic organisms, as the fast-evolving cichl
Table 1 Summary of genetic diversity indices forCystoseiraspp. in all studied locations. Pop - Population Code; Name - Locality name; Latitude and Longitude in WGS84 coordinates; n - Number of genotyped individuals;A*15 - Mean allelic richness standardised to the smallest sample size (15) (±...
The Incredible Acrobatics of the Tree Frog, in Slow MotionJulia GriffinPBS NewsHour
The genus name,Mysticellus, is a masculine noun derived from the Latinmysticus(meaning mysterious) + ellus(a diminuitive), highlighting the ability of this small frog to remain out of sight despite its occurrence in wayside areas surrounding human settlements. ...
of taxa included in the final projections and by a taxonomic bias, using data of bothUrva auropunctataandUrva javanica, as the two species were considered conspecific until recently, under the nameHerpestes javanicus60,61,62. Bellardet al.58conclusions regarding the small Indian mongoose also ...