What lures a lady frog to her lover? Good looks, the sound of his voice, the size of his pad or none of the above? After weighing up their options, female strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga pumilio) bag th ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 20, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

In a new study, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers provide the first evidence that African clawed frogs in California harbor a deadly fungal infection that is decimating amphibian populations ...

Biology - Ecology

May 15, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

A carnivorous, cannibalistic tadpole may play a role in understanding the evolution and development of digestive organs, according to research from North Carolina State University. These findings may also ...

Biology - Evolution

May 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

Researchers at Lincoln Park Zoo and Northern Illinois University have discovered a new culprit contributing to amphibian decline and altered mammal distribution throughout the Midwest region – the invasive plant European ...

Biology - Ecology

May 01, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally hacking their way with a machete to reach the mouth of a small cave.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 10, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

(Phys.org) —The development of embryos follows different patterns in different species, with specific events taking place at different times in relation to each other. Such differences can provide insight ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 22, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0 |

As part of a "Lazarus Project" to try to bring the Australian gastric-brooding frog back from extinction a UNSW-led team has succeeded in producing early stage cloned embryos containing the DNA of the frog, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 15, 2013 4 / 5 (6) 3 |

Poisonous frogs, long-necked turtles, bears and chimpanzees may not be everyone's idea of an animal companion, but experts warn that demand for exotic pets is pushing some species closer to extinction.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 13, 2013 not rated yet 0

Lizards and frogs are about to take up residence in the laboratories of Virginia Tech's College of Engineering.

Technology - Engineering

Feb 19, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 1 |

(Phys.org)—A team of young researchers from Colombia have recently published an article in the journal Zootaxa describing two new species of salamander discovered during a project supported by the Conservation Leadership Programme and Save Our ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 11, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

An Australian researcher who discovered a new species of flying frog near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and named it after her mother said it was a rare find so close to such a big city.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 15, 2013 3.5 / 5 (2) 4

Scientists at The University of Manchester have made a surprising finding after studying how tadpoles re-grow their tails which could have big implications for research into human healing and regeneration.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 13, 2013 4.6 / 5 (10) 0 |

What if Noah got it wrong? What if he paired a male and a female animal thinking they were the same species, and then discovered they were not the same and could not produce offspring? As researchers from ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 08, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—A team of US biologists has found that the chytrid fungus, believed to be responsible for amphibian deaths worldwide, also infects and kills crayfish. In their paper published in the Proceedings of ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 18, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

Australia has 96 critically endangered animal species, listed below. Over the coming months, we will be publishing a profile of each of them, looking at the threats to their survival, what's being done to ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 06, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0