Parks and Wildlife officers have conducted a capture and release survey of freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) with Bunuba Rangers at Winjanna Gorge National Park in the West Kimberley in preparation for the arrival ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2014
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The surprise discovery of a quoll population on a Kimberley island has given conservationists hope that populations will persist against the threats of invasive species, such as cane toads.
Ecology
Jun 12, 2014
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An Indian fungus could soon help stop the spread of the damaging alien species Himalayan balsam.
Ecology
Jun 5, 2014
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A PhD candidate and Indigenous rangers are working to train wild goannas to avoid eating toxic cane toads (Bufo marinus).
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2014
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A team of researchers based at Newcastle University are working to create a Kimberley wildlife sperm bank.
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2014
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A new species of toad was discovered hiding in the leaf litter of the Peruvian Yungas. The word is used widely by the locals to describe ecoregion of montane rainforests, and translates as "warm valley" in English. The new ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2014
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When cane toads were released in Australia in 1935, they were the latest innovation in pest control, backed by a level of consensus support that a scientist could only dream of. So what went wrong?
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2013
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Mississippi State University researchers successfully promoted egg laying in threatened Boreal toads when they moved the amphibians out of the refrigerator and into the wine chiller.
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2013
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Veterinary researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a general anesthetic for amphibians that is administered through their skin. The anesthetic jelly could be a low-cost, easy-to-administer form of anesthesia ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The first-ever estimate of how fast frogs, toads and salamanders in the United States are disappearing from their habitats reveals they are vanishing at an alarming and rapid rate.
Ecology
May 24, 2013
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