The Rose’s mountain toadlet adapts its breeding habits according to the weather.
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Pets give us a lot of joy … and sometimes a few diseases.
Building work on brownfield sites is often delayed while newts are moved to ponds elsewhere.
The South American horned frogs are ambush predators and use their powerful jaws to prey on large animals.
Frogs and toads are declining around the world, with many species on the brink of extinction. Acting in time means trying strategies without complete information about how likely they are to work.
A recent study shows how the number of vulnerable and endangered amphibians is nearly double that of birds or mammals. Strategies need to be put in place, and fast.
Scientists in Argentina have discovered a frog that glows in moonlight and at twilight.
How do a frog’s tongue and saliva work together to be sticky enough to lift 1.4 times the animal’s body weight? Painstaking lab work found their spit switches between two distinct phases to nab prey.
A set of fossils that lay forgotten in a museum are revealing new secrets about Britain’s prehistoric wildlife.
A nasty fungus killed 85% of Dominica’s mountain chicken frogs in just 18 months – but the species lives on.
A new project hopes to drill through the Earth’s crust for the first time. But what beasties lurk deep beneath our feet?
Climate change may threaten the survival of the Cape frog. The solution could lie in creating corridors for them to move to new habitats and more suitable climate spaces.
The chytrid fungal disease that has ravaged amphibians worldwide has reached Madagascar. But it’s possible this could be a blessing in disguise.
Alternative treatments for a fungal infection that has been decimating amphibian populations worldwide have been identified…
In its report published last week, the UK Parliament’s green watchdog, the Environmental Audit Committee, was far from convinced by the government’s proposed policy of biodiversity offsetting. The committee’s…
X-ray imaging of tiny frogs’ bodies show that their big mouths resonate best around the frequency of the male’s calls - meaning…
People capture and kill cane toads to prevent further spread of the invasive species, but in two thirds of cases they’re…
African clawed frogs in California harbour a deadly fungal infection that is destroying the global amphibian population…
A rare toad from Tanzania declared “extinct in the wild” three years ago has been restored to its original habitat. This is the first time an amphibian species has been returned home after being classified…
Ancient land-crawling animals may have used the complex bone structures in their skin to process carbon dioxide, deterring…
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Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum, UNSW
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