Living planet report 2022
<p>Wildlife populations monitored across the globe have declined by a massive 69 per cent between 1970 and 2018, according to this WWF's Living Planet Report (LPR) 2022</p>
Amphibians
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Estrogen in the Environment May be Changing the Gender of Frogs in Suburbia
It turns out that estrogen may be causing frogs to change in suburban areas. Scientists have found that estrogen is changing the ratio of male to female green frogs at nearby ponds. In this latest study,
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Researchers to track an elusive predator lurking in Tamil Nadu’s rivers
CHENNAI: From the ancient Chinese to kingdoms in ancient Europe, Africa, and Britain, otters have for more than a thousand years helped humans fish and been a source of wonder for their industry and resilience.
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Extinct' Toad Rediscovered in Ecuador
To biologists’ delight, the Azuay stubfoot toad, believed to be extinct after its last sighting in 2002, has just leapt back to life. Three independent teams of scientists were involved in the rediscovery
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How time of exposure to the amphibian chytrid fungus affects hyla chrysoscelis in the presence of an insecticide
<p>Effects of pathogens on host life-history characteristics can be influenced by changes in the immune system that occur during development as well as by environmental factors that negatively affect immune
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Ribbiting news: frogs' poison spines revealed and new species discovered
Many of world’s frogs may be at risk of extinction, but something new always hops up in the amphibian world. In two separate journals in one afternoon, scientists have identified a brand new tree frog
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Historical biogeography resolves the origins of endemic Arabian toad lineages (Anura: Bufonidae): Evidence for ancient vicariance and dispersal events with the Horn of Africa and South Asia
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17.6000003814697px;">The Arabian Peninsula is home to a unique fauna that has assembled
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Bees naturally vaccinate their babies: study
When it comes to vaccinating their babies, bees don't have a choice - they naturally immunise their offspring against specific diseases found in their environments, scientists say. Researchers from
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West Africa: Four new tooth-frog species discovered after a century of misidentification
Four new species of tooth-frog have been identified in West Africa, over 100 years after initially being identified as one single species Odontobatrachus natator. Tooth-frogs are named so because of
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Accelerated modern human–induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction
<p>The oft-repeated claim that Earth’s biota is entering a sixth “mass extinction” depends on clearly demonstrating that current extinction rates are far above the “background”
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New species discovered in Mekong during 2014 studies
HCM CITY (VNS) — A bat with nightmarish fangs (Hypsugo dolichodon), the world's second longest insect (Phryganistria heusii yentuensis) and a colour-changing thorny frog (Graciaxal lumarius) were among