Despite frog-killing disease, researchers discover new frog species
Scientists have discovered a new species of rare frog that is rapidly disappearing. At the same time, they've also discovered hope.
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Indonesia starts cloud seeding to keep forest fires at bay
Indonesia has started cloud seeding to induce rain as the archipelago moves to head off annual forest fires blamed for blanketing swathes of Southeast Asia in toxic haze.
Environment
May 28, 2020
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Birds retreating from climate change, deforestation in Honduras cloud forests
The cloud forests of Honduras can seem like an otherworldly place, where the trees are thick with life that takes in water straight from the air around it, and the soundscape is littered with the calls of animals singing ...
Ecology
Sep 6, 2018
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Cloud formation suppressed by biogenic organic emissions
Researchers have found evidence that near-ground biogenic emissions of organics suppress cloud formation in cool-temperate forests in autumn, providing clues to how global warming will affect cloud formation and the overall ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 6, 2017
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Three new fishing snake species fished out of the Andean slopes in South America
Commonly known as fishing snakes, the Synophis genus has been expanded with as many as three new species following a research in the Andean cloud forests of Amazonian Ecuador and Peru. Not only is the discovery remarkable ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2015
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Dark and marked: Strikingly colored new fleshbelly frog from the Andean cloud forest
Carrying itself around with a dark brown mask on its face and a broad shapeless white mark on its chest and belly, a frog had been jumping across the Peruvian cloud forests of the Andes unrecognised by the scientific world. ...
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Aug 6, 2015
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Seven new miniaturized frog species found in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest
Following nearly 5 years of exploration in mountainous areas of the southern Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, a team of researchers has uncovered seven new species of a highly miniaturized, brightly colored frog genus known ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2015
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New Megaselia fly inspires the invention of innovative method for streamlined descriptions
Scientists from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles describe a new distinctive fly species of the highly diverse genus Megaselia. The study published in the Biodiversity Data Journal proposes an innovative method for ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2014
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Cloud forests struggle to keep pace with climate change
The cloud forests of the Andes Mountains are not migrating fast enough in the face of global warming, according to FIU researchers.
Environment
Sep 1, 2014
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Wyoming, Brazilian scientists discover new wasps
Field work in the cloud forests of Ecuador by scientists from Wyoming and Brazil has led to the discovery of wasps that mummify caterpillars.
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2014
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