Carei Plain is a Protected Area in Northwestern Romania with a rich biodiversity, which among other human impacts, is threatened by road traffic. The road mortality intensity and its consequences were indicated in the region by some studies. During such a road mortality survey, realised in 2016, we identified five road-killed individuals of Carabus hungaricus, a rare species in Romania. Carei Plain is situated a few kilometres away from the area where the species presence was known in Hungary. The road is surrounded with sand dunes and wet areas with rich herbaceous vegetation, but also with Robinia pseudoacacia plantations. Carabus hungaricus is a rare species, with zoogeographic and conservation importance, affected by the road mortality in the region. The real distribution of C. hungaricus in the region should be established by investigating its potential habitats in the Protected Area.

The diet of some populations of Lissotriton montandoni from north-western Romania is composed of prey belonging to 20 categories. The food components of the Carpathian newts are similar to those of other species of newts. Most of the prey are aquatic animals, but terrestrial prey also has a high percentage abundance. The consumed prey categories are common in the newts' habitats as well, but in natural ponds the prey item with the highest abundance in the diet is not the most frequent one in the habitat. Thus, although the Carpathian newts are basically opportunistic predators, they still display a certain trophic selectivity

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Terrestrial isopods from warm shores neighboring the thermal waters from western Romania remain active in the winter. This phenomenon is registered in 35 habitats, affecting 12 species (Hyloniscus transsilvanicus, H. riparius, Haplophthalmus danicus, Trichoniscus sp., Androniscus roseus, Cylisticus convexus, Protracheoniscus politus, Trachelipus nodulosus, T. rathkii, Porcellio dilatatus, Armadillidium vulgare, A. versicolor), the most common being T. nodulosus. Females with a marsupium were observed in the cold season in the case of some small-sized species that are present in the immediate vicinity of the shores of thermal waters (A. roseus, H. riparius and H. transsilvanicus). The high temperatures of the thermal waters warm the surrounding terrestrial environment, affecting the life cycle of the terrestrial isopods

In the winter of 2010/2011 we identified 6 new thermal habitats, with winter-active amphibian populations in the Banat region of south-western Romania. The diversity of the amphibian species was small, only 2 species were observed: Bombina bombina and Pelophylax ridibundus. In waters with high flow and temperature, the number of winteractive frogs reached several hundred. All the new thermal habitats are artificial, being subjected to a powerful anthropogenic pressure