The Appendices of the Convention provide the lists of wild species that are protected by the Convention. In the introductory text here we should add : Appendix I includes wild flora species and ...

c. stickeli; red box = location of the putative hybrid zone where K. c. meridionalis, K. c. stickeli, and K. picta co-occur. C Differences in widths of the finger discs in the focal taxa. Credit: Chan ...

The Ice Age, a period of significant climatic changes, lasted for millions of years and was marked by extreme cold. During this time, a range of fascinating and gigantic creatures walked the Earth.

Introduction: To support the sustainable development of rice and aquaculture industries, various rice-animal coculture systems have been developed. One such system, the rice-crab coculture system (RCC ...

The ground-bound kakapo is the world’s only flightless parrot. These birds have very short wings that they do not use for flight. Instead, they use their stubby little wings primarily for support and ...