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SCIENTISTS ESTABLISH DIFFERENCES IN THE NUMBER OF NEURONS IN SIX SPECIES OF BORICUA LIZARDS

Submitted on 28 May 2024 - 2:16pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Wilson González Espada

Neurons are one of the main components of the brain and play a key role in its processes, from coordinating limb movement to memorizing important dates and planning actions. For example, as you read this story, your nerve cells encode the information, make a judgment about whether you find it interesting or boring, and maybe even make you remember a “brain-burner” test.

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Red eyed coqui frog: native or invader?

Submitted on 9 August 2017 - 12:23am

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Dialogo Digital

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Wilson González-Espada

DNA testing allows scientists to determine if a species is native or invasive to a geographical zone. A recent study of red-eyed coqui population in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Santa Cruz and Panama City, determined the origin of these coqui frogs. 

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In danger of extinction the majority of coquí species

Submitted on 3 July 2014 - 1:26pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Jorge J. Muñiz Ortiz (EFE)

In the last few years, several species of coquies have dissapeared from Puerto Rico and today almost all of them are in danger of extinction.

 

 

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US Zoo send thousands of "sapo concho" tadpoles to Puerto Rico

Submitted on 11 December 2013 - 4:14pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Agencia EFE

The Nashville (Tennessee) Zoo will send 3,774 "sapo concho" tadpoles to Puerto Rico to help increase the number of this endemic specie in danger of extintion.

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