The unparalleled biodiversity found in the American tropics (the Neotropics) has attracted
the attention of naturalists for centuries. Despite major advances in recent years in our …

The supercontinent Pangea was mainly formed during the Permian, but when it reached
maximum land is unsure because the configuration of the East Asian blocks during the …

Dispersal is a fundamental ecological process, yet demonstrating the occurrence and
importance of long‐distance dispersal (LDD) remains difficult, having rarely been examined …

The loss of biodiversity during the Anthropocene is a constant topic of discussion, especially
in the top biodiversity hotspots, such as Madagascar. In this regard, the study of preserved …

Our study focuses on the origin, dispersal patterns, evolutionary strategies and systematics
of Poecilimon, the largest bush‐cricket genus in the Palaearctic with over 150 taxa …

Abstract Aim The Aegean Sea constitutes a major biogeographic barrier between the
European and Asian continents and several models of diversification in the Aegean have …

Achrioptera is a taxon of extremely large and exceptionally colorful stick insects endemic to
Madagascar and the Comoros Archipelago. We studied the phylogenetic position of the …

The five extinct giant tortoises of the genus Cylindraspis belong to the most iconic species of
the enigmatic fauna of the Mascarene Islands that went largely extinct after the discovery of …

A new giant sauropod, Australotitan cooperensis gen. et sp. nov., represents the first record
of dinosaurs from the southern-central Winton Formation of the Eromanga Basin, Australia …

Seven species of house geckos occur across the scattered islands of the Indian Ocean. Two
of these, Hemidactylus frenatus and H. parvimaculatus are both widespread and possess …