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A venomous snake normally found only in the eastern states has been detected in South Australia for the first time, near the border with NSW and Victoria.
Frogs are among the world's most imperiled animals, and much of the blame lies with a deadly frog disease called the amphibian chytrid fungus. The chytrid fungus has caused populations of over 500 frog species worldwide to ...
The accident at reactor four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 generated the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human history. The impact of the acute exposure to high doses of radiation ...
A study of invasive toads and bullfrogs on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan offers insights into the threat of invasive species worldwide. Kiyoto Sawada and colleagues at the University of Tsukuba in Japan discuss their findings ...
One would be hard-pressed to take a walk outside without hearing the sounds of calling animals. During the day, birds chatter back and forth, and as night falls, frogs and insects call to defend territories and to attract ...
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) have conducted the most comprehensive genetic analysis ever of the American bullfrog (Aquarana catesbeiana) in Brazil, concluding ...
As the globe continues to battle COVID-19, another pandemic—the deadly fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd)—is ravaging the world's frog species, contributing to the instability of Earth's delicate ecosystem.
Is the geographical history of Sundaland closely linked to the evolution of the native Sumatran cascade frogs? This question was investigated by an international team led by herpetologist Umilaela Arifin of the LIB in their ...
A review of decades of research revealed more than a dozen kinds of animals in addition to slugs and snails have caused rat lungworm disease in people around the world.
Frogs once lived alongside dinosaurs. About 45 million years ago, the North Sea covered half of Germany. It's incredible to think these little creatures survived the dinosaurs' extinction. But a lower level mass death did ...
