Articles Tagged with “frogs”

9 Articles found tagged with “frogs”.

  • Wildlife Map Reveals Conservation Concerns

    By producing detailed maps on the distribution of the world’s reptiles, an international team of scientists has completed the ‘atlas of life’, the first global review and map of every vertebrate species on Earth.

    By Alex Taylor on 31st October 2017
  • Darwin’s Frog Faces Extinction

    The Darwin’s frog is the latest species of amphibian to experience population decline, and now face extinction, due to the global chytridiomycosis pandemic.

    By Alex Taylor on 1st October 2017
  • Link Between Amphibian Disease and Climate Change

    New research has been published that shows that climate change will make the impact of the chytrid fungus disease worse. Already at high altitudes, frogs and toads are being infected at increasingly high rates.

    By Alex Taylor on 14th November 2016
  • Our Amphibians are in trouble, and they need you.

    You would be forgiven for thinking, that given the somewhat exotic nature of species lost already, that this was, in fact, a tropical problem, though you would be wrong. And Britain’s amphibians too find themselves in hot water.

    By James Common on 7th November 2016
  • Recovery of Yosemite’s Yellow-legged Frog

    A study shows that after decades of decline (and despite continual exposures to stresses such as non-native fish, disease and pesticides) the frog’s abundance across Yosemite has increased seven-fold.

    By Alex Taylor on 7th November 2016
  • Living on the Edge

    In the forests many species are forced to live on the edge of their habitat, with a study showing that 90% of tropical amphibian and reptile species are vulnerable to the ‘edge effect’. Scientists are now calling for a new approach to forest conservation and management.

    By Alex Taylor on 22nd August 2016
  • Glimmer of Hope for Amphibians

    Conservationists have collected hundreds of amphibian species threatened by the fungus and are maintaining them in captivity with the hope to someday re-establish them in the wild.

    By Alex Taylor on 25th January 2016
  • Coqui Calling

    As their calls continue to change, it is vital that the females’ inner ear adapts to the altered chirps of the male – if they do not adjust their hearing, the species could become extinct.

    By Alex Taylor on 8th May 2014
  • Trouble for America’s Amphibians

    On average, the rate of loss of populations of all amphibians in the USA is 3.7% per year. The scientists believe that if this rate does not change, these species will disappear from half of the habitats that they currently occupy in around 20 years.

    By Alex Taylor on 29th July 2013