Ricardo F. Colmenero

3 days ago | mundoamerica.com | Ricardo F. Colmenero

A research team led by the University of Exeter has just discovered a group of chimpanzees in the Cantanhez National Park in Guinea-Bissau consuming alcohol. Researchers had set up surveillance cameras in different areas of the park and observed several individuals sharing fermented African breadfruit, leading them to question whether the chimpanzees intentionally sought to consume this alcohol and why.

3 days ago | elmundo.es | Ricardo F. Colmenero

Un equipo de investigación dirigido por la Universidad de Exeter acaba de descubrir a un grupo de chimpancés del Parque Nacional Cantanhez de Guinea-Bisáu consumiendo alcohol. Los investigadores habían instalado cámaras de vigilancia en distintos puntos del Parque hasta que vieron varios ejemplares compartiendo fruta del pan africana fermentada, lo que les llevó a plantearse si los chimpancés habían buscado consumir este alcohol deliberadamente y por qué.

1 week ago | elmundo.es | Ricardo F. Colmenero

Uno tiende a ver a los cocodrilos como fósiles vivientes. Reliquias prehistóricas obstinadamente inalteradas, que han dominado los rincones más pantanosos del mundo durante millones de años. Los cocodrilos son los supervivientes de un linaje de 230 millones de años llamado crocodilomorfos, un grupo que incluye a los supervivientes actuales: cocodrilos, caimanes y gaviales, pero también a numerosos parientes extintos.

1 week ago | mundoamerica.com | Ricardo F. Colmenero

Crocodiles are often seen as living fossils. Stubbornly unchanged prehistoric relics that have dominated the swampiest corners of the world for millions of years. Crocodiles are the survivors of a 230 million-year-old lineage called crocodylomorphs, a group that includes the current survivors: crocodiles, alligators, and gharials, but also numerous extinct relatives. Their ancestors survived two mass extinctions, a feat that required great evolutionary agility to adapt to a rapidly changing world.

1 week ago | mundoamerica.com | Ricardo F. Colmenero

Europe is the continent warming the fastest. The annual report on the state of the climate in Europe, published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), concludes that last year was the warmest in Europe's recorded history. More than half of the territory experienced record temperatures. In July, the southeast endured the longest heatwave in history, lasting 13 consecutive days and affecting 55% of the region.