All Articles Tagged As: amphibians

Global warming sends salamanders packing (11/29/2007)

A genetic study of the salamander family that encompasses two-thirds of the world's salamander species shows that periods of global warming helped the amphibians diversify and expand their range from North America into Europe and Asia, where pockets of them are still found today. ...> Full Article

Parasites might spur evolution of strange amphibian breeding habits (11/18/2007)

Parasites can decimate amphibian populations, but one researcher believes they might also play a role in spurring the evolution of new and sometimes bizarre breeding strategies. ...> Full Article

Researcher Sheds New Light on Hybrid Animals (9/19/2007)

What began more than 50 years ago as a way to improve fishing bait in California has led researchers to a significant finding about how animal species interact and that raises important questions about conservation. ...> Full Article

Frog-Killing Fungus Could Be Greater Threat, Finds New Genetic Analysis (8/9/2007)

A deadly fungus that has decimated populations of mountain yellow-legged frogs in the Sierra Nevada can likely be spread by sexual reproduction, seriously complicating efforts to save the frogs from extinction, according to a new genetic analysis led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. ...> Full Article

Caribbean Frogs Started With A Single, Ancient Voyage On Raft From South America (6/11/2007)

Nearly all of the 162 land-breeding frog species on Caribbean islands, including the coqui frogs of Puerto Rico, originated from a single frog species that rafted on a sea voyage from South America about 30 million to 50 million years ago, according to DNA-sequence analyses led by a research group at Penn State ...> Full Article

Amphibian Evolution in Losing Race With Environmental Change (5/20/2007)

Even though they had the ability to evolve and survive for hundreds of millions of years - since before the time of the dinosaurs and through many climatic regimes - the massive, worldwide decline of amphibians can best be understood by their inability to keep pace with the current rate of global change, a new study suggests. ...> Full Article

Frog Muscles Survive Big Sleep (5/14/2007)

A rare Australian frog that burrows underground for a summer siesta resurfaces more than nine months later in just as good a shape as before its rest, according to UQ research. ...> Full Article

Six-legged frog found in New Zealand (3/6/2007)

A New Zealand scientist has offered a schoolboy $100 for his six-legged frog ...> Full Article