Category: Wild Frogs & Amphibians
Road Development Can Have Adverse Effects On Amphibians
Spanish study looked at road development impacts on palmate newts and midwife toads. [...]
Using A Cane Toad's Own Toxin To Control Its Populations
Scientists use toxin to lure cane toad tadpoles to surprising effect without harming other species. [...]
New Species Of Frog Discovered In Panama
Yellow dyer rainfrog secretes yellow substance when handled. [...]
Golden Poison Frog Gets A Sanctuary In Colombia
Phyllobates terribilis, a victim to illegal gold mining and illegal logging gets 124 acre reserve. [...]
Death Of Frogs From Chytrid Fungus Is The Same In The Wild As In The Lab
Blood drawn from mountain yellow-legged frogs confirms cause of death. [...]
Athletic Frogs Have Faster Changing Genomes Than Sedentary Frogs
Fifty species of poison frogs given a frog fitness test. [...]
Boreal Toad Moves Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
Toads in Southern Rockies, Utah, Nevada, and Idaho Suffering from Disease and Habitat Destruction. [...]
More Critical Habitat Proposed For Mississippi Gopher Frog
Land conservation proposal would triple the habitat of Rana capito sevosa [...]
Madagascar Poison Frog Releases Both Sweet And Deadly Secretions On Its Skin
Sucrose discovered while studying chemical secretions of Mantella. [...]
How Tadpoles Optimize Their Buoyancy
Tadpoles are well-equipped to adjust their buoyancy in the water. [...]
Scientists In India Discover Earthworm-like Amphibian
Caecilian lives entirely under the earth. [...]
Dart Frog Toxicity
How toxic is the poison of the golden dart frog? [...]
Conservation International Expedition Yields Tiny
2010 survey in Suriname discovers 46 new species. [...]
Northern Cricket Frog Populations Decline In New York State
Researchers seek underlying causes for decline in Acris crepitans. [...]
First-ever Hellbender Captive Breeding Achieved
Major conservation breakthrough with Cryptobranchus alleganiensis. [...]
Two Tiny Frogs Deemed World's Smallest Discovered In Papua New Guinea
Paedophryne dekot and P. verrucosa are between 8.5 to 9.3mm in length [...]
Smelly Frogs Such As The Green Mountain Frog Offer Hope For Antimicrobial Future
New potential medical treatments identified from chemicals in their skin [...]
Herping Brazil's Refugio Ecologico Caiman
The largest freshwater wetland in the world lies near the center of South America in the Upper Paraguay River Basin, at the border of Bolivia, Paragua [...]
UVB Radiation Not Causing Decline Of Amphibians
New research shows that UVB radiation is not causing the decline of amphibians. [...]
Three New Amphibian Species Discovered
Scientists have discovered three amphibian species believed to be new to science. [...]
Six Frog Species Rediscovered
Six frog species have been rediscovered in Haiti's tropical forests. [...]
Lost Amphibian Search
Researchers are searching for "lost" amphibians around the world. [...]
Green Toad Mystery
Unexpected fossil discovery in Spain raises a new question about the green toad. [...]
Rainforest Treefrogs Help To Explain Biodiversity
This family of frog is important to understand amphibian diversity [...]
