Posts Tagged ‘amphibians’
Clawed frogs spread deadly amphibian fungus
STANFORD (US) — The African clawed frog, a species used around the world for biomedical research, is spreading an amphibian-killing fungus when they are released into the wild. Continue…
Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:37 - 1 Comment
Earth & Environment - May 14, 2013 12:08 - 0 Comments
Frogs near fields build resistance to insecticides
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Two recent studies show that wood frogs living close to fields are resistant to multiple insecticides, but not to Roundup, a common weed killer. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 18, 2013 10:26 - 3 Comments
Killer fungus spares West Africa’s frogs
U. WASHINGTON (US) — A suffocating fungus that threatens amphibians around the world has skipped over the diverse frog population in West Africa. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 10, 2012 13:54 - 2 Comments
Bullfrog farms spread killer fungus worldwide
U. MICHIGAN (US) — The global bullfrog trade is spreading a deadly fungus that is contributing to alarming declines of amphibians worldwide, research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 30, 2012 16:41 - 0 Comments
Number of amphibian species leaps to 7,000
UC BERKELEY (US) — Despite a global decline in the number of amphibians over the past 25 years, the number of species has skyrocketed. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 2, 2012 9:21 - 1 Comment
Like predators, pesticides morph tadpoles
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — The world’s most popular weed killer can cause amphibians to change shape in ways normally caused by a predator. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 5, 2011 10:00 - 0 Comments
Climate could send animals packing
BROWN (US) — Which animals survive as climate changes may depend on their the ability to adapt to rapid temperature shifts and less-than-optimal conditions as they expand their range. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 21, 2011 10:29 - 3 Comments
Florida: No. 1 in world for invasive reptiles
U. FLORIDA (US) — Florida has the world’s worst invasive amphibian and reptile problem, with 137 non-native species introduced into the state between 1863 and 2010. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 28, 2011 12:40 - 1 Comment
How we chew: It’s all in the tongue
BROWN (US) — Beginning with early amphibians, mammals and fish took divergent evolutionary paths, using their tongue in different ways to chew and digest their food. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 6, 2011 11:41 - 1 Comment
In pristine forests, fungus threatens frogs
CORNELL (US) — Untouched forests may not be a complete safe haven for amphibians. Risk of fungal infections is higher in such pristine environments, a new study finds. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 31, 2011 11:01 - 0 Comments
Social network tracks amphibians
UC BERKELEY (US) — Citizen scientists can use a new social networking site to help researchers track the decline of amphibians around the globe. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 29, 2010 17:13 - 2 Comments
Frog genome teeming with ‘jumping genes’
U. ROCHESTER (US)—The spotted green puffer fish, the honeybee, the human—and now add the African clawed frog to the list of more than 175 organisms that have had their genetic information sequenced. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 29, 2009 17:15 - 1 Comment
Amphibians don’t cozy up to warmer climes
STONY BROOK (US)—A warmer environment leads to a shorter lifespan for cold-blooded animals, meaning global warming could have far-reaching consequences for fish, lizards, and amphibians. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 9, 2009 20:48 - 0 Comments
Arctic turtle fossil reveals clues to climate change
U. ROCHESTER (US)—A tropical turtle fossil discovered high in the Canadian Arctic suggests that a rapid spike in carbon dioxide some 90 million years ago created a super-greenhouse effect, raising polar temperatures rather dramatically. The find strongly suggests that animals migrated from Asia to North America not around Alaska, as once thought, but directly across a freshwater sea floating atop the warm, salty Arctic Ocean. (more…)
