Panthera pardus (leopard; Linnaeus, 1758) is the smallest of the 4 large felids in the genus Panthera. A solitary and adaptable species, P. pardus is the widest ranging of all wild felids, inhabiting rain forests, mountains, semiarid environments, and suburban areas throughout sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia to the Russian Far East. Despite this distribution, P. pardus is li...

A recent discovery of Iron Age burials (Pazyryk culture) in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia may shed light on the mode and tempo of the generation of the current genetic east-west population admixture in Central Asia. Studies on ancient mitochondrial DNA of this region suggest that the Altai Mountains played the role of a geographical barrier between West and East Eurasian lineages until the be...

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t USArray has facilitated significant advancement in tomographic models and methodologies. While there persists a fundamental tradeoff between horizontal and vertical resolution due to the components of the wave train analyzed, advances in joint inversions are continuing to refine the tomographic images generated with USArray. The DNA13 model incorporates tel...

The East Sussex Hospital at Hastings has recently moved from the Parade to a delightful new building, which stands above the White Rock Gardens, with a fine view overlooking the sea. It now possesses a beautiful little chapel for the patients and nurses, a photograph of which we reproduce. The hospital much needed a chapel in the actual building for both the staff and the patients, as it is a c...

Introduction Latin America constitutes a large and geographically diverse region of the New World. Physiographically it is characterized by a high precipitous mountain range, the Sierra Madres in Central America and the Andes in South America with a narrow Pacific coastal plain. Broad welldrained low-lying basins are found on the eastern slopes of these mountains that run into the Atlantic and ...

The directors of the Iranian-Italian archaeological Expedition in Khuzistan, south-west Iran present first results a survey conducted plain Izeh, one core sectors ancient Parthian vassal kingdom Elymais. Izeh is situated east fertile lowlands at feet Bakhtiari mountains. From there many passes lead through mountain range. new adds data to exploration by H.T. Wright same region....

Predictive models of species distribution can be beneficial for identifying the most important and influential environmental factors in understanding current future habitat suitability species. In this study, we used modeling to find out potential two spatially separated populations Spalerosophis diadema show that affect their separation. The findings SDM analyses demonstrated are annual mean t...