The iconic mountains of the Pantepui biogeographical region host many early-diverging
endemic animal and plant lineages, concurring with Conan Doyle's novel about an ancient …

Extreme weather poses huge challenges for animals that must adapt to wide variations in
environmental temperature and, in many cases, it can lead to the local extirpation of …

The rich biodiversity of Amazonia is shaped geographically and ecologically by its rivers and
their cycles of seasonal flooding. Anthropogenic effects, such as deforestation, infrastructure …

Gymnophthalmids are a diverse lineage of Neotropical lizards that present challenges in the
understanding of their phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history. Using a …

With more than 600 recognized species, the genus Pristimantis is already the most diverse
among vertebrates, but described species only represent a fraction of the actual diversity in …

The species richness in the Neotropics has been linked to environmental heterogeneity and
a complex geological history. We evaluated which biogeographic processes were …

New Guinea is the largest tropical island in the world and hosts immense endemic
biodiversity. However, our understanding of how the gradual emergence of the terrestrial …

Sky Islands present unique landscapes for organismal evolution because they comprise
high mountain peaks separated by low valleys with vastly different environmental conditions …

The white-sand ecosystems in the Solimões-Negro Interfluve are among the less studied in
Amazonia. Recent herpetological surveys conducted west of Manaus, Brazil (central …

The accumulation of studies delimiting species in Amazonia has not only shed light on the
patterns of its outstanding species richness but also allowed a better understanding of the …