New assessment shows Sri Lanka’s amphibians being pushed to the brink
COLOMBO —Adam’s Peakis Sri Lanka’s fourth-highest mountain and considered a holy site for people of multiple faiths, who flock there in their thousands during the pilgrimage season from December to May...
View ArticleDead, shrivelled frogs are turning up across eastern Australia. What’s going on?
Over the past few weeks, we’ve received a flurry of emails from concerned people who’ve seen sick and dead frogs across eastern Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. One person wrote: “About a...
View ArticleTop 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)
With humans sending probes to explore Mars and the sun, one might think we’ve already explored the full extent of our own planet. But scientists say we’ve only begun to find and describe the riches...
View ArticleThe world is heading for the largest mass extinction event since the...
The world is heading for the biggest mass extinction event since the dinosaurs within the next decade, pushing millions of plants and animals to the bring of extinction, the WWF has claimed. Elephants,...
View ArticleA video of an overweight tree frog has gone viral, highlighting the cruelty...
There are numerous reasons to adopt rather than buy an animal, and one of the most important is animal cruelty in the pet trade. Many consumers in the United States go into legitimate pet businesses to...
View ArticleA record-breaking wet season in Queensland has resulted in ideal breeding...
While many people are getting tired of the rain, frogs appear to be making the most of the damp conditions. A record-breaking wet season in Queensland has provided many frog species with ideal breeding...
View Article80 critically endangered spotted tree frogs are jumping back into the wild in...
80 critically endangered spotted tree frogs are leaping back into the wild in NSW two years after the 2019-20 summer bushfires nearly wiped out the species. “Despite all the challenges this species has...
View Article80 Critically Endangered Australian Frogs Released to the Wild After...
The spotted tree frog was already recovering from local extinction when the “Black Summer” wildfires of 2019 to 2020 raged through New South Wales (NSW) in Australia. Of 250 to 300 frogs once released...
View ArticleStudy: Breeding adaptations help tree frogs thrive in different climates
COLOMBO — Amphibians evolved from a fish ancestor that had functional lungs and bony lobed fins, which helped them become the first vertebrates to conquer land. Keeping these earlier trails, today’s...
View ArticleTiny new tree frog species found in rewilded Costa Rican nature reserve
Nestled in a valley between two volcanoes, Donald Varela-Soto heard something unfamiliar. For six months, he searched for the source of a shrill frog call along the edge of a wetland in Tapir Valley...
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