By Herp News Animals of the Serengeti: And Ngorongoro Conservation Area by Adam Scott Kennedy and Vicki Kennedy is an easy-to-use guidebook that is also very readable. The region covered by the book is the Greater Serengeti area bounded in the west by Lake Victoria and the east by Lake Manyara in Tanzania, and in […]
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Feb 19
Feb 19
What doesn't kill crocodiles makes them stronger
New research at the University of Sydney may give conservation of crocodiles a boost by examining how their tough lives have given their immune systems an evolutionary advantage. From Phys.org: The MHC is a group of genes that help the immune system identify microbes and parasites. They play an important role in disease resistance, as […]
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