Blocks of frozen lungs of 2 Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus Wood Jones, 1925), 2 New Zealand fur seals (A. forsteri [Lesson, 1828]), and 1 sub-Antarctic fur seal (A. tropicalis [Gray, 1872]) from 3 different locations (Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, respectively) were examined and found to contain lung parasites. This represents the first thorough description a...

Abstract Information on insect phototaxis can be applied to the collection, monitoring, and management of insects. This study investigated three species Cryptolestes (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae)—Cryptolestes pusillus (Oliver), turccus (Grouvelle), ferrugineus (Stephens)—to light-emitting diode (LED) lights with six wavelengths. The had different responses wavelengths, C. displaying strongest ph...

The largest and most diverse collection of Pachypleurosauridae (Nothosauria, Reptilia) comes from Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Several hundred complete skeletons were collected from four distinct horizons of bituminous limestones and shales of Anisian-Ladinian boundary to early Ladinian age (Middle Triassic). Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis comes from the oldest strata, the Grenzbitumenzone Bed...

Peat and lacustrine sediments are a valuable source of knowledge about past biodiversity. Plant macrofossil remains were identified in mires northeastern Poland’s Knyszyn Forest. Among them, the species currently absent this area, such as Potamogeton pusillus, P. friesii, filiformis, Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Cladium mariscus, have been found. In addition, history Betula humilis its possible ...