Dozens of species of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians quietly disappeared from parts of Latin America in the 1980s and 2000s, with little notice from humans, outside of a small group of ecologists. Yet the amphibian ...
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Sep 20, 2022
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Economic growth and globalization have connected the world's most distant places. Rapid trade and transport have boosted economic growth globally, but not without consequences: many species have been introduced to new regions, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2022
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An international team has discovered and named eight new day gecko species from Madagascar, and each of them is no longer than your pointer finger.
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Sep 1, 2022
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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.
Ecology
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Invasions by amphibians and reptiles—when species spread beyond the regions they are native to—are estimated to have cost the global economy at least US$17.0 billion between 1986 and 2020, according to a study published ...
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Jul 28, 2022
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Greek firefighters battled wildfires on three fronts Monday as flames destroyed around 2,200 hectares (5,400 acres) of woodland in one of the country's most important protected habitats.
Environment
Jul 25, 2022
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A new study aiming to unlock the secrets of a disease devastating frog populations has turned up some unexpected results, which may change how scientists combat the outbreak.
Ecology
Jul 16, 2022
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As was highlighted in the foreword to the WWF Greater Mekong Report 2021, written by Prof. Dr. Thomas Ziegler, Curator for Herpetology, Ichthyology, and Invertebrates, at Cologne Zoo (Köln, Germany), there is an urgent need ...
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Jul 5, 2022
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Last winter, thousands of dead and dying frogs were found across Australia. Instead of hunkering down and out of sight, frogs were spotted during the day in the open, on footpaths, highways and doorsteps—often in the blazing ...
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Jun 13, 2022
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Stone soup (caldo de piedra) is a traditional meal from the Indigenous Chinantla region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Prepared by men, it is made by placing tomato, cilantro, chili peppers, onion, raw fish, salt, and water ...
Plants & Animals
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