Animals

With four cochlear ganglia in the inner ear, they can hear sounds as high as 33.000 Hz. Among other ...

It is a species that readily adapts to a variety of environmental and trophic conditions.

They feed on anything brave enough to venture near their territory, including monkeys, cattle, giant ...

Its range includes most of the Iberian Peninsula, and central Europe except Italy, Ukraine, the Balkans, Crete, northwestern Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and the southern coast of the Caspian Sea.

Today, krill forms the basis of their diet. They also feed on fish and cephalopods. The change in di ...

Females lay up to 60 eggs per clutch every two to three years, which hatch after approximately two months. Most juveniles do not survive past the third year of age.

The name derives from Greek mythology and refers to snake-haired Gorgon Medusa.

Mating usually begins in late April or early May and birth occurs in August or September. Freshly hatched reptiles gain complete independence.