Kermit is that you? New species of glass frog found
A Minnesota scientist in Costa Rica has discovered a new species of glass frog. Brian Kubicki said the small, semi-translucent specimen is delicate and "is a good indicator of the general health of
View ArticleBrown tree frog long-thought extinct rediscovered in East Gippsland
Rena Gaborov was looking for gliders during a night-time survey in the East Gippsland forest near Bonang when she first heard the call. It stopped her in her tracks. Having devoted years to searching
View ArticleThorny frog and dementor wasp among new species discovered in Mekong
A “dementor” wasp named after the Harry Potter creatures, a stick insect more than half a metre long, and a colour-changing thorny frog are among new species discovered in South East Asia’s Greater Mekong
View ArticleSeven new species of miniature frogs discovered in cloud forests of Brazil
Tiny frogs smaller in size than bumblebees have evolved with fewer fingers and toes to reduce their size to adapt to life on isolated mountaintops Seven new species of miniature frog, smaller than...
View ArticleNew species discovered in Mekong during 2014 studies
HCM CITY (VNS) — A bat with nightmarish fangs (Hypsugo dolichodon), the world's second longest insect (Phryganistria heusii yentuensis) and a colour-changing thorny frog (Graciaxal lumarius) were among
View ArticleWest Africa: Four new tooth-frog species discovered after a century of...
Four new species of tooth-frog have been identified in West Africa, over 100 years after initially being identified as one single species Odontobatrachus natator. Tooth-frogs are named so because of
View ArticleRibbiting news: frogs' poison spines revealed and new species discovered
Many of world’s frogs may be at risk of extinction, but something new always hops up in the amphibian world. In two separate journals in one afternoon, scientists have identified a brand new tree frog
View ArticleNew frog species discovered in Goa
PUNE: A group of city scientists has discovered a new leaping frog species on the edge of the Netravali wildlife sanctuary in Goa. "The Netravali Leaping Frog (Indirana salelkari) is the 12th species
View ArticleExtinct' Toad Rediscovered in Ecuador
To biologists’ delight, the Azuay stubfoot toad, believed to be extinct after its last sighting in 2002, has just leapt back to life. Three independent teams of scientists were involved in the rediscovery
View ArticleEstrogen in the Environment May be Changing the Gender of Frogs in Suburbia
It turns out that estrogen may be causing frogs to change in suburban areas. Scientists have found that estrogen is changing the ratio of male to female green frogs at nearby ponds. In this latest study,
View ArticleAustralia's native animals have reduced ability to weather effects of...
A "loss of resilience" among Australia's native animals has ecologists on alert ahead of what is forecast to be a long, hot summer. "There's a lot of concern," said Charles Sturt University ecologist
View ArticleNew species of tree frog discovered
A new species of tree frog was discovered and another species of bush frog was rediscovered by a team of researchers during their recent exploration in the Western Ghats. The discovery, published in
View ArticleSix new species of African clawed frog found
MIAMI – Scientists have discovered six new kinds of African clawed frog, boosting the number of known species by 30 percent and offering new avenues for research on human disease, said a study Wednesday.
View ArticleNational Trust review reveals mixed picture for UK animals and plants in 2015
The UK saw "unprecedented" jellyfish invasions and another bad year for wasps as wildlife faced weather highs and lows in 2015. An annual review of the year's weather and wildlife from the National
View ArticleScientists find tree frog believed extinct for more than 100 years
For more than a century, two mysterious tree frog specimens collected by a British naturalist in 1870 and housed at the Natural History Museum in London were assumed to be part of a vanished species,...
View ArticleChina Exclusive: Chinese scientists record new species in Tibet
The discovery of a new Himalayan forest frog clade in Tibet has been confirmed. It will join 12 other Chinese amphibian families. After five years of field research, scientists from Kunming Institute
View ArticleEmerald and Gold Tree Frogs Found In Taiwan
Two new tree frog species with gemstone-colored eyes have been discovered in broadleaf forests in the island country of Taiwan. Aside from their dazzling eyes, researchers from the University of Taipei
View ArticleFrog species with yellow eyebrows found in Colombia
Researchers say they have discovered a new frog species with distinctive yellow eyebrows in Colombia. The frog has a dark camouflage pattern which allows it to blend in with the rocky soil on which it
View Article'Dancing' tadpoles discovered in India's Western Ghats
A new tadpole that burrows through sand has been discovered in the Western Ghats of India, scientists report. The researchers' study, published in the journal Plos One, says that tadpoles would not...
View ArticleEndangered southern corroboree frog population set to jump
The fungus prevents the frogs from maintaining important salt levels, leading to a cardiac arrest. Eggs bred at Taronga Zoo and Zoos Victoria were released into disease-free enclosures within the...
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