The conservation of endemic reptiles is essential to maintain balance in fragile island ecosystems. My research aimed to provide novel information regarding the ecology of the geckos Sphaerodactylus nicholsi and S. roosevelti ...

Hurricane María restructured Puerto Rico’s forests, including vegetation and animal communities. One of the main links on the trophic chains of these forests are amphibians of the Eleutherodactylus genus. A species whose ...

In Puerto Rico, the communities of columnar cacti such as Pilosocereus royenii are being devastated by the infestation of Hypogeococcus pungens. Chemical control with insecticides is not a viable alternative because the ...

Thiara (Tarebia) granifera and Melanoides tuberculata are invasive parthenogenetic snails that impact food webs in tropical freshwater systems. Due to their high reproductive rate, both snails dominate the community of ...

Detection of medically related mutations is fundamental to both the successful treatment and overall improvement in the quality of life for human populations with increased susceptibility to human disorders. On the population ...

The search for new antimicrobial compounds has been of great interest in recent years. These compounds are naturally produced by microorganisms including endophytic fungi isolated from mangroves. This study focuses on ...

The Cabo Rojo solar salterns is a hypersaline environment located in a tropical climate. Conditions in these environments remain stable throughout the year and therefore allow for the establishment of steady microbial ...

Capsicum chinense is widely cultivated in the Caribbean region. Most types are pungent, such as 'Scotch Bonnet' and 'Habanero'. In Puerto Rico, non-pungent types called "ají dulce" are consumed as part of the local cuisine. ...

Auricularia is a taxonomically complex genus, which requires the use of traditional techniques such as tissue evaluation and staining for its characterization. These traditional techniques have not been re-evaluated in ...

Tropical dry forests exhibit difficulties in the identification of phenological patterns of plants and changes in functional traits of animals in response to climatic variables. Our goal is to determine how the phenology ...