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World Frog Day: New species described amid threats to amphibian survival
By Mongabay.com March 20 is World Frog Day. Frogs and toads have inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years, but 40% of amphibians species are now at risk of extinction, according to the latest ...
World Frog Day 2026 highlights how frogs support ecosystems and why their decline signals environmental problems.
For nearly two centuries, a small brown frog living in Southeast Asian rainforests was considered a single, well-understood ...
More than 350 frogs made the leap back into the Southern California wilderness this month, part of an effort from Birch Aquarium and other regional partners to reintroduce an endangered species to its ...
Bone claws, oxygen-absorbing “hair,” and hands-on frog dads. Meet the hairy frog (or wolverine frog), one of nature’s strangest amphibians.
A frog species known since 1838 may actually be several different species, according to a new genetic study of Southeast Asia’s “fanged frogs.” ...
THIS IS THE GALAXY FROG. It was once lost to science, a ghost in the forests of India. Thought extinct for decades, its rediscovery brought a surge of hope. But that hope is now fading. This ...
New genetic research suggests a common Southeast Asian frog long believed to be one species could actually be six or seven ...
Strawberry poison dart frog, Dendrobates pumilio, in the nature habitat, Close-up portrait of poison red frog, Costa Rica, America© Pavel Russe/Shutterstock.com Researchers have identified a new ...
A new frog species has been discovered hopping around South America - with nothing to hide. The Guajira Giant Glass Frog lives on an isolated mountain range in Colombia. It's described as a ...
Symbiosis is the long-term relationship between two different species that can sometimes be beneficial to both parties. These ...
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