Wood frogs research clarifies risks posed to animals by warming climate
As conditions warm, fish and wildlife living at the southern edge of their species' ranges are most at risk, according to Penn State researchers who led a major collaborative study of how wood frogs are
View ArticleOil palm plantations’ dearth of biodiversity rubs off on nearby forests,...
Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo host a lower number of frog species than forests in same area. However, the plantations exhibit an edge effect that extends as far as 4 kilometers, resulting
View ArticleDelhi pollution takes its toll, frog species missing eyes
NEW DELHI: The high pollution in Delhi is proving a threat to the capital’s smallest known vertebrate. The new generation of Microhyla ornata — a small yellowish brown frog — is showing physical...
View ArticleNew frog species found in Venezuela and Colombia
Caracas – Venezuelan and Colombian scientists have identified a new species of frog in the Perija mountain range shared by both countries that is home to unusual species like this small amphibian. With
View ArticleFrogs, toads on the verge of extinction, study
A deadly disease is threatening to wipe out frogs and toads, a new report has shown. The report, published on nature.com, shows Chytridiomycosis, a fatal fungal disease, as responsible for the continuous
View ArticleEarless African pygmy toad discovered on remote mountain in Angola
Researchers have found a new species of African pygmy toad in Serra da Neve Inselberg, an isolated mountain and Angola’s second-highest peak. The new species, formally named Poyntonophrynus pachnodes,
View ArticleNew staple-size frog is one of the tiniest ever discovered
How many ways can you say “tiny?” How about miniature, miniscule, and minimum, for starters? These adjectives not only describe three new species of frog from Madagascar, but also serve as their official
View ArticleMass amphibian extinctions globally caused by fungal disease
An international study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found a fungal disease has caused dramatic population declines in more than 500 amphibian species, including 90 extinctions, over
View ArticleFrogs, salamanders and toads suffering ‘catastrophic population decline’,...
Amphibians across the world are experiencing “catastrophic population declines” from a widening range of interacting pathogens, scientists say. Fungal disease chytridiomycosis is thought to have caused
View ArticleDU scientists discover frog in Assam, name it after Northeast
A team of scientists from Delhi University and the Wildlife Institute of India, in collaboration with researchers from Indonesia and the US, have discovered a new species of ‘paddy frog’ from Northeast
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