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Ecology Feb 25, 2020

Want to help save wildlife after the fires? You can do it in your own backyard

People living in cities far from the unprecedented bushfires this summer may feel they can do little more to help beyond donating to organizations that support affected wildlife. But this is not necessarily the case: ten ...

Ecology Feb 18, 2020

Road salt harmful to native amphibians, new research shows

The combined effects of chemical contamination by road salt and invasive species can harm native amphibians, according to researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York. 

Plants & Animals Feb 18, 2020

Study reveals origin of endangered Colombian poison frog hybrids

The origin of an understudied hybrid population of poisonous frogs—highly endangered colorful animals that live deep in the Colombian jungle—is the result of natural breeding and not caused by wildlife traffickers moving ...

Plants & Animals Feb 13, 2020

When frogs die off, snake diversity plummets

Since 1998, scientists have documented the global loss of amphibians. More than 500 amphibian species have declined in numbers, including 90 that have gone extinct, due to the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium, commonly known ...

Molecular & Computational biology Jan 31, 2020

Got slime? Using regenerative biology to restore mucus production

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Plants & Animals Jan 28, 2020

Glass frogs reappear in Bolivia after 18 years

A rare species of frog native to the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Andes has been spotted in the South American country for the first time in 18 years, the investigation team that made the discovery told AFP.

Ecology Jan 21, 2020

Fanged frogs, dwarf crocodiles and folding tortoises? Welcome to West Africa

Forget the peculiar creatures populating the pages of Alice in Wonderland. This is your chance to follow in the footsteps of the intrepid explorers who have just delved deep into a West African fantasy world filled with fanged ...

Evolution Jan 17, 2020

Study traces evolution of acoustic communication

Imagine taking a hike through a forest or a stroll through a zoo and not a sound fills the air, other than the occasional chirp from a cricket. No birds singing, no tigers roaring, no monkeys chattering, and no human voices, ...

Ecology Dec 19, 2019

Can a special diet save the endangered southern corroboree frog?

A University of Wollongong-led research team has released 115 southern corroboree frogs into a remote part of Kosciusko National Park. They are studying whether frogs fed dietary carotenoids in captivity have improved rates ...

Ecology Dec 12, 2019

California commission lists yellow-legged frog as endangered

There's new hope for an endangered California frog that has vanished from half of its habitat.

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