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NEWS ABOUT: amphibians

amphibians stories: 8 news summaries

 Salamanders Get Help 
 Crossing the Road 

To mate! With some help from human friends

Apr 7, 09 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Salamanders are getting an assist this mating season from volunteers who shepherd them across dangerous highways, the AP reports. Hundreds try to cross between forests and vernal pools this time of year, and human escorts—also known as bucket brigades—have popped up along the East Coast to keep them... More »

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environment • volunteer • salamanders • biologists • amphibians • mating rituals • mating

 Frog Pizza Storms London 

'The Hopper' has UK animal activists croaking mad

Oct 16, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - London restaurant chain Eco has animal-rights activists hopping mad over its newest pizza, the Sun reports. Called “The Hopper,” the pie contains 8 frogs legs with capers and anchovies. British group Animal Aid is urging a boycott of Eco because harvesters of frogs’ legs usually cut them off... More »

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food • fast food • frogs • pizza • Britain • amphibians

 Half of Europe's Frog
Species May Croak

Habitat loss, climate change, disease likely to wipe out amphibian species

Sep 26, 08 3:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Half of all of Europe's amphibian species could be doomed to extinction within the next few decades, scientists warn. Habitat loss and climate change are already wiping out huge numbers of frogs, toads, newts and salamanders, the Independent reports. The situation has been exacerbated by a skin disease that has... More »

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climate change • endangered species • Europe • wildlife • extinction • frogs • salamanders • amphibians • Zoological Society of London

Roots of Speech Found in Humming Fish

All vocalizing creatures share common brain circuit, researchers find

Jul 18, 08 3:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The songs of birds, the hums and grunts of toadfish, and the lofty speech of humans all use the same ancient brain circuit, despite an evolutionary split 400 million years ago, reports National Geographic. Researchers have discovered that the base of the hindbrain and upper spinal cord is the starting... More »

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evolution • fish • brain • nature • speech • amphibians • animal

Even Toughest Toads Are Being Unmanned

Clues to sex-change mystery could explain amphibian decline

Jul 13, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The mystery of the hermaphrodite toads may be solved: Researchers have found that various chemicals used in farming are linked to sex changes in certain amphibian species, the Independent reports. In a population of cane toads, 40% of males had developed feminine coloring and ovaries, and an additional 20% had... More »

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endangered species • farming • chemicals • extinction • frogs • hermaphrodite • sex change • amphibians

 Endangered
 Frogs Find
 Their Noah 

Amphibian Ark project aims to save 500 imperiled species

May 12, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Half of all frog species are in danger of extinction, and conservationists are taking a page from the Bible in working to preserve them. A program called Amphibian Ark has named 2008 the Year of the Frog, and is working with zoos to harbor endangered species, including some that have... More »

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endangered species • zoo • extinction • frogs • amphibians • habitat

 'Mythical' Giant 
 Turtle Found 
 in Vietnam 

Animal, thought to be extinct, is the stuff of legend

Apr 17, 08 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A giant turtle thought to be extinct has been found in northern Vietnam, the AP reports. Scientists from the Cleveland Zoo discovered the Swinhoe's soft-shelled turtle when they followed up reports from villagers of a mythical creature living in a lake. Vietnamese legend tells of a huge turtle that helped... More »

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endangered species • Vietnam • zoo • amphibians • turtle

Scientists Make It Easier Being Green

In breakthrough, antibiotic stops fungus that's killing amphibians

Oct 29, 07 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have stumbled on a cure for the deadly fungus that is decimating the world's amphibian population. New Zealand researchers say an antibiotic used as an eye ointment for humans kills the fungus, which is blamed for the extinction of 40 species since 1980. Researchers dunked frogs in a solution... More »

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New Zealand • fungus • frogs • amphibians

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