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  1. Biological Activity of Bimetallic Ag/Cu-NPs Produced from the Aqueous Extract of the Fungus Hericium erinaceus: Prospects for Potential Antimicrobial and Antitumor Tools

    Article • Applied Biosciences, June 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  2. Antibacterial activity of polysaccharides from the fruiting bodies of Boletus edulis and Lactarius indigo

    Article • Agro Productividad, May 2026, Colegio de Postgraduados

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  3. Anticipating Pest Expansion Under Climate Change: Ecological Risks of Scyphophorus acupunctatus to Agave Species in Mexico

    Article • Environmental Management, April 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  4. Mapping Risk Zones: niche overlap between Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and endemic amphibians in Mexico’s Central-Southern Highlands

    Article • Nature Conservation, April 2026, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  5. Nanopartículas de plata biogénicas en el tratamiento del cáncer: mecanismos de acción, avances recientes y perspectivas futuras

    Article • Mundo Nano Revista Interdisciplinaria en Nanociencia y Nanotecnología, April 2026, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  6. Climate-Driven Distribution of Edible Fungi in Central Mexico: Implications for Forest Sustainability

    Article • Sustainability, April 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  7. Climate-driven erosion of richness and evolutionary diversity and conservation shortfall in a salamander hotspot

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, April 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  8. Medicinal Potential and Bioactive Phytochemicals with Pharmacological Relevance of a Mexican Oyamel, Abies religiosa (Kunth) Schltdl. et Cham., Forest: A Review

    Article • Forests, March 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  9. Burning biodiversity: Wildfire probability and environmental exposure of endemic reptiles in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Article • Acta Oecologica, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  10. Myconanotechnology: evaluation of Ag-Cu bimetallic nanoparticles synthesized by Ganoderma aff. australe against pathogens and cancer cells

    Article • International Microbiology, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  11. Impact of different agricultural management practices on soil fertility in tomato crops under greenhouse conditions

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  12. Axantismo en el Sapo de Espuelas Mexicano, <i>Spea multiplicata</i> (Scaphiopodidae)

    Article • Herpetología Mexicana, December 2025, Herpetología Mexicana

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  13. Human‐Induced Extinction Risk of the World's Crocodilians and Chelonians

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, December 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  14. Deciphering the effects of microplastics on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: Current knowledge and future research perspectives

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  15. Assessment of the vulnerability of Spiny Lizards in Central Mexico under anthropogenic pressure: integrating habitat suitability, landscape connectivity, fragmentation and protected area coverage

    Article • Nature Conservation, October 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  16. Comunicación de riesgos en la salud: Reducción de la biodisponibilidad de plomo y arsénico en una población infantil del Nevado de Toluca, México

    Article • TIP Revista Especializada en Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, October 2025, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  17. Metabolomic and Pharmacological Approaches for Exploring the Potential of Tanacetum parthenium L. Root Culture as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Cruz-Sosa, Dr. Armando Sunny

  18. Anticipating Pest Expansion Under Climate Change: Ecological Risks of Scyphophorus acupunctatus to Agave Species in Mexico

    Article • July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  19. Ecophysiological Suitability of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Mexico

    Article • EcoHealth, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  20. Amenazas del Axolote de Arroyo: Impacto de las actividades humanas en su hábitat

    Article • Herreriana, July 2025, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  21. EcoNicheS: enhancing ecological niche modeling, niche overlap and connectivity analysis using the shiny dashboard and R package

    Article • PeerJ, March 2025, PeerJ

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  22. Mexican dusky rattlesnakes (Crotalus triseriatus) on Mexican sky islands: Morphometric variation and operative temperature relationships with local environmental variables

    Article • Biologia, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  23. Predation of Ambystoma altamirani (Caudata, Ambystomatidae) by Thamnophis scaliger (Squamata, Colubridae) and Crotalus triseriatus (Squamata, Viperidae) in Nevado de Toluca Volcano, Central Mexico

    Article • Neotropical Biology and Conservation, February 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  24. Thermal ecology of the Mexican Garter Snake (Thamnophis eques): temporal and spatial variations

    Article • PeerJ, January 2025, PeerJ

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  25. A Moderate Decrease in Suitability Although an Increasingly Disconnected Landscape: Assessing Distribution and Functional Connectivity for the Central Chiapas Mud Turtle Kinosternon abaxillare

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  26. A Moderate Decrease in Suitability Although an Increasingly Disconnected Landscape: Assessing Distribution and Functional Connectivity for the Central Chiapas Mud Turtle Kinosternon abaxillare

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  27. Parasite Fauna of the Blackbelly Garter Snake (Thamnophis melanogaster) in Central Mexico

    Article • Diversity, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  28. Representativeness, Complementarity, and Degree of Local Extirpation Risk for Thamnophis Species Inside and Outside of Protected Areas of Mexico

    Article • Ecologies, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  29. FIRST DOCUMENTATION OF LEUCISM IN MEXICAN ENDEMIC MOLE SALAMANDERS: AMBYSTOMA ALTAMIRANI AND AMBYSTOMA LERMAENSE

    Article • The Southwestern Naturalist, December 2024, Southwestern Association of Naturalists

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  30. Modelling the present and future distribution of Ambystoma altamirani in the Transmexican Volcanic Belt, Mexico

    Article • Nature Conservation, December 2024, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  31. Assessing the impact of human activities and land use change on livestock depredation by large carnivores in Mexico

    Article • Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, December 2024, Consorci del Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  32. Modelling the present and future of Phrynosoma orbiculare habitat and wildfire distribution and their environmental niche overlap in Mexico

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  33. EcoNicheS: enhancing ecological niche modeling, niche overlap and connectivity analysis using shiny dashboard and R Package

    Article • September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  34. Assessing Present and Future Potential Distributions of Sagittaria macrophylla Zucc. and Sagittaria latifolia Willd. in Mexico under Various Climate Models and Timeframes

    Article • Wetlands, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  35. Assessing functional connectivity and anthropogenic impacts on Ambystoma altamirani populations in Bosque De Agua, Central Mexico

    Article • European Journal of Wildlife Research, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  36. Negative effects of agricultural open-channel irrigation system on vertebrate populations in central Mexico

    Article • PeerJ, July 2024, PeerJ

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  37. Direct fire-induced reptile mortality in the Sierra Morelos natural protected area (Mexico)

    Article • Herpetozoa, July 2024, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  38. Maximum egg mass size of Ambystoma altamirani (Caudata: Ambystomatidae)

    Article • Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology, June 2024, Universidade de Sao Paulo Sistema Integrado de Bibliotecas - SIBiUSP

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  39. New montane records for the Vulnerable Long-nosed Bromeliad Salamander, Dendrotriton megarhinus (Rabb, 1960) (Caudata, Plethodontidae), from Cerro La Bola, Chiapas, México

    Article • Check List, June 2024, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  40. Predicting the effects of climate and land use changes on small rattlesnakes in central Mexico: Insights for conservation planning

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  41. Niche overlap by invasion of Oncorhynchus mykiss on the habitat of its amphibian prey in central Mexico

    Article • Biological Invasions, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  42. El manejo del hábitat en la conservación de la biodiversidad

    Article • Herreriana, January 2024, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  43. Impact of Different Agricultural Management Practices on Soil Fertility in Tomato Crops Under Greenhouse Conditions

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  44. Modelling the effects of climate and land-cover changes on the potential distribution and landscape connectivity of three earth snakes (Genus Conopsis, Günther 1858) in central Mexico

    Article • The Science of Nature, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  45. Modelling the effects of climate and land-cover changes on the potential distribution and landscape connectivity of three Earthsnakes (Genus Conopsis, Günther, 1858) in central Mexico.

    Article • May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  46. Potential Distribution and Connectivity for Two Plethodontid Salamanders: Conservation Areas and Landscape Corridors for Two Endemic Species of México and Guatemala

    Article • Environmental Management, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  47. Determination of priority areas for amphibian conservation in Guerrero (Mexico), through systematic conservation planning tools

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  48. A tale about vipers’ tails: phylogeography of black-tailed rattlesnakes

    Article • Herpetozoa, July 2022, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  49. Potential distribution and connectivity in two plethodontid salamanders: conservation areas and landscape corridors for two endemic species

    Article • May 2022, Research Square

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  50. Forest cover loss in the Nevado de Toluca volcano protected area (Mexico) after the change to a less restrictive category in 2013

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  51. Impact of climate and land cover changes on the potential distribution of four endemic salamanders in Mexico

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  52. Análisis de la categoría de riesgo de los ajolotes de arroyos de alta montaña (Caudata: Ambystoma)

    Article • ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N S ), November 2021, Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  53. Genetic diversity and functional connectivity of a critically endangered salamander

    Article • Biotropica, October 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  54. A Salamander tale: Relative abundance, morphometrics and microhabitat of the critically endangered Mexican salamander Pseudoeurycea robertsi (Taylor, 1939)

    Article • Herpetozoa, February 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  55. Genetic diversity and structure of two endangered mole salamander species of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Article • Herpetozoa, October 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr. Armando Sunny

  56. Natural history of the critically endangered salamander Pseudoeurycea robertsi

    Article • August 2019, PeerJ

    Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr. Armando Sunny

  57. Natural history of the critically endangered salamander Pseudoeurycea robertsi

    Article • August 2019, PeerJ

    Dr. Armando Sunny, Dr octavio monroy-vilchis

  58. Local and landscape drivers of the number of individuals and genetic diversity of a microendemic and critically endangered salamander

    Article • Landscape Ecology, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  59. Potential distribution and habitat connectivity of Crotalus triseriatus in Central Mexico

    Article • Herpetozoa, June 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr. Armando Sunny

  60. Genetic diversity and demography of the critically endangered Roberts’ false brook salamander (Pseudoeurycea robertsi) in Central Mexico

    Article • Genetica, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Javier Manjarrez, Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr. Armando Sunny

  61. Genetic diversity and structure of Crotalus triseriatus, a rattlesnake of central Mexico

    Article • Journal of Genetics, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr. Armando Sunny

  62. Present and future ecological niche modeling of garter snake species from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Article • PeerJ, April 2018, PeerJ

    Dr Javier Manjarrez, Dr. Armando Sunny

  63. Environmental niche modeling; present and future potential distribution of garter snakes species from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Article • December 2017, PeerJ

    Dr Javier Manjarrez, Dr. Armando Sunny

  64. Environmental niche modeling; present and future potential distribution of garter snakes species from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Article • December 2017, PeerJ

    Dr Javier Manjarrez, Dr. Armando Sunny

  65. Genetic variability and structure of an isolated population of Ambystoma altamirani, a mole salamander that lives in the mountains of one of the largest urban areas in the world

    Article • Journal of Genetics, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr. Armando Sunny

  66. Potential distribution of the endemic imbricate alligator lizard (Barisia imbricata imbricata) in highlands of central Mexico

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2017, Brill

    Dr. Armando Sunny

  67. Genetic structure and diversity in an isolated population of an endemic mole salamander (Ambystoma rivulare Taylor, 1940) of central Mexico

    Article • Genetica, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr. Armando Sunny

  68. Genetic variability and structure of jaguar (Panthera onca) in Mexican zoos

    Article • Genetica, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr. Armando Sunny

  69. Genetic diversity and genetic structure of an endemic Mexican Dusky Rattlesnake (Crotalus triseriatus) in a highly modified agricultural landscape: implications for conservation

    Article • Genetica, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr. Armando Sunny

  70. Microhabitat Types Promote the Genetic Structure of a Micro-Endemic and Critically Endangered Mole Salamander (Ambystoma leorae) of Central Mexico

    Article • PLOS One, July 2014, PLOS

    Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr. Armando Sunny

  71. Genetic diversity and structure of an endemic and critically endangered stream river salamander (Caudata: Ambystoma leorae) in Mexico

    Article • Conservation Genetics, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Victor Fajardo, Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr. Armando Sunny