Anybody who spends time near a swamp can easily hear that frogs use their voices to chitchat, but it wasn’t until about two decades ago that researchers announced that these animals also converse with water-transported [read more…]
They used to be the most abundant amphibians in the Sierra Nevada, so common that hikers had to take care to avoid squashing them in creek and lake shorelines in warmer months. But now, [read more…]
The annual State of Observed Species report for 2011 has been released by the International Institute for Species Exploration. Highlighted in the report are the latest compilation figures for new wildlife species. The latest full [read more…]
You’ve surely heard how tweeting has connected birders through the social media site Twitter. Well, champions of amphibians are linking up the same way. These creatures are [read more…]
The mating habits of marine turtles may help to protect them against the effects of climate change. The study shows how the mating patterns of a population of endangered green turtles may be helping them deal with the fact that global warming is leading to a disproportionate number of females being born.
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International efforts to save amphibious species from threats of extinction are ready to take a leap forward, University of Otago scientist Dr Phil Bishop said. [read more…]
The Illinois Audubon Society has completed a site management plan for its 57-acre parcel in the Lusk Creek Wilderness Area. [read more…]
Researchers have studied the movements of snakes to create more efficient search-and-rescue robots.
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Biologists have successfully released a Southern River terrapin (Batagur affinis) – one of the most endangered turtles on Earth – into the Sre Ambel River in Cambodia.
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The world’s smallest vertebrate — animals that have a backbone — is a frog that could sit within the confines of your fingernail, a new study reports. [read more…]
Biologists just discovered two new species of frogs in New Guinea, one of which is now the world’s tiniest known vertebrate, averaging only 7.7 millimeters in size — less than one-third of an inch. It ousts Paedocypris progenetica, an Indonesian fish averaging more than 8 millimeters, from the record.
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QUAKERTOWN, Pa. — Every year, warmer weather means love is in the air — even for salamanders. [read more…]
Biologists have announced the discovery of a spectacularly colored snake from a remote area of Tanzania in East Africa.
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The chytrid fungus, which is responsible for the collapse of numerous amphibian populations as well as the extinction of entire species, has been located for the first time in India, according to a paper inHerpetological Review. Researchers took swabs of frog in the genus [read more…]
Invasive Burmese python hatchlings from the Florida Everglades can withstand exposure to salt water long enough to potentially expand their range through ocean and estuarine environments.
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