The night vision of frogs and toads appears to be superior to that of all other animals. They have the ability to see colour even when it is so dark that humans are not able to see anything at all. This has been shown in ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2017
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Asian Horned frogs account for approximately half of the ancient family of frogs called Megophryidae. This group was previously estimated to have originated 100-126 million years ago (mya). Frogs of this family hopped alongside ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2017
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Scientists from India have discovered seven new frog species belonging to the genus Nyctibatrachus, commonly known as Night Frogs. This find is a result of five years of extensive explorations in the Western Ghats global ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2017
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The cave squeaker is back. Researchers in Zimbabwe say they have found a rare frog that hasn't been seen in decades.
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2017
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A coastal survey in western India has spawned the discovery of a new species hiding in plain sight.
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2017
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When a Southern chorus frog calls in the night from its wetland home, its voice sounds like a thumb being drawn across a fine toothed comb. At least that's how it's described by James Vonesh, Ph.D., associate professor of ...
Ecology
Dec 13, 2016
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In various vertebrate species, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, the DMRT1 gene is a master sex regulator, working to develop and maintain 'maleness' -either the sex cells (or germline) into testis ...
Evolution
Dec 6, 2016
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Naturally occurring chemicals found in road salts commonly used to de-ice paved surfaces can alter the sex ratios in nearby frog populations, a phenomenon that could reduce the size and viability of species populations, according ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 22, 2016
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Reaching over 3.5 m in length, the bushmaster (belonging in the Lachesis genus) is the largest viper in the western hemisphere. Legend spread among both colonists and natives from the Amazon region and Central America has ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2016
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Changes in climate and land use are expected to reduce the livable area for tropical frogs because these species will increasingly encounter temperatures hot enough to harm their behavior, reproduction and physiology. Climate ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 10, 2016
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