An international study with the participation of the Doñana Biological Station has described an unusual extinct taxon, named Christelenkidae, from a unique specimen preserved in amber, Christelenka multiplex.

A scientific team with the participation of the Doñana Biological Station has compared for the first time efficiency of the work of taxonomists versus molecular methods to identify species.

The team has tested the combination of these two methods on non-biting midges, a group of insects, difficult to identify but crucial to monitoring water quality and ecosystems. They have developed a new framework for identifying majority of the species present in a sample by processing mere 10%...

While it is believed that European biodiversity no longer brings surprises, an unusual discovery has just been made: in Western Europe a new species of bat has been described. More exactly, it is distributed along the northern mountain forests of Iberia, south of France and Italy.

Se describe una nueva especie para el género Liolaemus del sureste de la Patagonia, Argentina. Este nuevo taxón, Lio-laemus yatel sp. nov., presenta rasgos anatómicos compartidos con la sección de Liolaemus lineomaculatus, dentro del grupo de Liolaemus lineomaculatus. Sin embargo Lio-laemus yatel sp. nov. no exhibe escamas dorsales trífidas, uno de los caracteres diagnósticos del grupo de L. line-omaculatus. Asimismo, esta nueva especie se diferencia de los demás taxones del grupo de L....