Chile's Resilient Patagonian Ice Dragon Insect at Risk From Dwindling Glaciers
The wingless finger-shaped black insect with long antennae measuring just 15 millimeters (0.6 inches) is one of the few ...
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Back from the brink: The remarkable rediscovery of Alsodes vittatus, Chile’s long-lost frog
CONCEPCIÓN, Chile — For 130 years, a small Chilean frog vanished from ... the journal ZooKeys documents what might be the ...
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Scientists predict major quake in Chile's mineral-rich north
Chile is located on the seismically active Ring of Fire that surrounds the Pacific Ocean. Its mountains and earthquakes are the product of the Nazca and South American tectonic plates crashing ...
Rare frog rediscovered after 130 years
A team of researchers has rediscovered a frog species which has not been seen in more than 130 years. First described in 1902, Alsodes vittatus had evaded detection since then, despite multiple search ...
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Scientists predict major quake in Chile’s mineral-rich north
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Fifteen years ago on February 27, a devastating 8.8 magnitude quake struck southern Chile off the coast of Concepcion ... of the Nazca and South American tectonic ...