EAST KOOTENAY Finding egg masses for the endangered northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) is not an easy task. Once widespread throughout south eastern B.C. there are now only two known wild breeding areas remaining in the province.
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Recently I got an intimate tour of a longleaf pine forest, a rapidly vanishing Southeastern ecosystem that is home to one-of-a-kind wildlife. Longleaf pines once dominated the landscape of coastal Mississippi, but deforestation and urbanization have decreased both these
It seems it is literally raining new frog species this monsoon.
Indian scientists have discovered as many as one dozen new species of frogs and rediscovered three lost ones in the biodiversity hotspot of the Western Ghats.
Having many partners may help your kids perform better, even if it puts your own health at risk – if you’re a frog – new research shows.
A HUNGRY shopper opened a bag of salad but was soon cress fallen – when she realised a frog had got there first.
Michael Korn, a former student at the Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), is the UK winner of the James Dyson Award – an international design competition run across 18 countries. Michael gained inspiration for his winning product from a frog’s tongue.
Flooding from the June Monument Fire outside Sierra Vista destroyed the habitat of 50 Chiricahua leopard frogs and 62 tadpoles. The Arizona Game and Fish Department quickly stepped in to save them. Cronkite News Service reporter Laura Palmisano gets an inside look at how the frogs are doing.
Source: Daryl Bjoraas | Tucson Citizen
Bullock’s false toad (Telmatobufo bullocki), a rare and elusive species not seen since 2005, has been spotted in the Nahuelbuta mountain range in the Bío Bío and Araucanía Regions of Chile.
Perth Zoo has become the first zoo in Australia to successfully breed the critically endangered White-bellied frog.
GLENDALE – A few months ago, the frog fidgeting in Philip Fernandez’s hands lived in a pond far from this artificial habitat at Glendale Community College.
CRITICAL lessons learned breeding threatened species at Healesville Sanctuary are giving fresh hope to some of Australia’s most endangered native animals.
This frog is adamant he won’t croak it – as he attempts to do some pull-ups.
If you’re feeling sorry for yourself, just remember — at least you’re not a frog.
Scientists involved in an aggressive zoo breeding program to restore populations of an endangered frog in the local mountains are trying to determine why a batch of offspring has died.
When Randy Schuster-who teaches 7th-grade science at Mary Putnam Henck Intermediate School-attended a workshop for science teachers at the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, he was struck by their mountain yellow-legged frog breeding program.
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