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Plants & Animals Nov 30, 2022

Frogs in hot water: Habitat shrinking for Gondwana rainforest mountain frogs

Urban myth has it that a frog placed in cold water that's brought to the boil will not react, dying a horrible death. Clearly this is a fallacy, yet climate change is forcing a similar predicament for mountain frog species ...

Ecology Nov 22, 2022

Turtles and see-through frogs on agenda at wildlife summit

A global wildlife summit in Panama will decide whether to take measures to protect the translucent glass frog and 12 types of freshwater turtles in its final week, which kicked off Monday.

Evolution Nov 17, 2022

Researchers uncover insights into the evolution of color patterns in frogs and toads

A team of researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has discovered new insights into the evolution of color patterns in frogs and toads—collectively known as anurans. Animal color patterns can help them camouflage with their ...

Plants & Animals Nov 16, 2022

Frog lenses can develop differently depending on what environment they will live in as adults

When tadpoles become frogs, their body shape isn't all that changes.

Plants & Animals Nov 16, 2022

A hard pillbug to swallow: First X-rays of frog feeding show how they consume prey

The phrase "to swallow one's tongue" has been around since at least the 1880s and has been repurposed in several languages to mean everything from falling silent to a general feeling of fear. While it's anatomically impossible ...

Plants & Animals Nov 9, 2022

Gliding treefrogs, mini-males and burrowing frogs in trees: Why Melanesia is the world's tropical island frog hotspot

A chocolate treefrog that looks like a Freddo. Burrowing frogs which live in trees. Long-nosed frogs named after Pinocchio. Frogs which go straight from egg to froglet without stopping at tadpole. And large treefrogs which ...

Plants & Animals Nov 8, 2022

Up to 32 frog species thought to be extinct may not be, new research shows

If there's news about amphibians these days, odds are it's not going to be good. A pathogenic fungus has been decimating populations around the world for about forty years and counting, pushing many species to extinction. ...

Plants & Animals Nov 7, 2022

Koalas, parrots, frogs and orchids share our cities. It's key to protect each one's habitat, not just 30% of all land

The global 30x30 target aims to protect 30% of the planet by 2030 to secure its biodiversity. This involves legal protection for land and sea areas designated as national parks and nature reserves. Australia has joined more ...

Evolution Oct 18, 2022

Bright colors in the animal kingdom: Why some use them to impress and others to intimidate

High up in a tree sits a bright red vermilion flycatcher. The males of this songbird species use their red feathers to attract females. Meanwhile, an Arizona mountain kingsnake slithers among the rocks below. Its vivid red, ...

Plants & Animals Oct 12, 2022

Can we cure the frog pandemic?

Frogs play an important part in ecosystems, but they're also fighting to survive an ongoing pandemic. Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) has ravaged amphibian species for decades.

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