Groundwater evaporation from salt pans: Examples from the eastern Arabian Peninsula

First Dinosaur Tracks from the Arabian Peninsula

BACKGROUND The evolutionary history of Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrates from the Arabian Peninsula is virtually unknown. Despite vast exposures of rocky outcrops, only a handful of fossils have yet been described from the region. Here we report a multi-taxon dinosaur track assemblage near Madar village, 47 km north of Sana'a, Republic of Yemen. This represents the first dinosaur tracksite from ...

New and interesting Orthoptera from the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra

This paper reports on some interesting taxa recently found in the Arabian Peninsula and the island of Socotra. Among them is a new species of brachypterous grasshopper Sphodromerus carapezzanussp. n. (Acrididae: Calliptaminae), described from an isolated area in Dhofar (Oman). A female Heteracris hemiptera (Uvarov, 1935) (Acrididae: Eyprepocnemidinae) is reported, with morphological characters ...

Zoonoses in the Arabian Peninsula

The human population is rising and will soon reach 9 billion people. In parallel, the demand for animal protein is increasing and with it is the threat of zoonotic diseases. We must therefore be on our guard. The close association of people with animals promotes the opportunity for zoonotic infections and real danger may arise when animals are imported with no health background. Therefore, it i...

Neurocysticercosis on the Arabian Peninsula, 2003–2011

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Short communication:First report of cyclopoid copepods (oithonidae) from north-eastern Arabian Sea, Karachi, Pakistan