A team of scientists from Delhi University and the Wildlife Institute of India, in collaboration with researchers from Indonesia and the US, have discovered a new species of ‘paddy frog’ from Northeast India, primarily Assam. The frog belongs to the microhylid genus Micryletta, a “group of narrow-mouthed frogs that is …
Raorchestes resplendens has multiple glands and extremely short limbs NEW DELHI: Scientists have discovered a new bright reddish-orange-coloured frog with multiple glands and extremely short limbs from the highest mountain peak of the Western Ghats. The newly discovered species, located in the Eravikulam National Park, is restricted to less than …
LIBERAL use of the pesticide Atrazine in the US, China and Australia is affecting the frog population, sexually—males are turning into females. This is in line of a series of extinction blows this group of amphibians has faced over the past decades. The fact that frogs are on the threshold …
Paris: For ages, mankind has craved a tool that can provide early warning of that terrifying moment when the earth begins to shake. But if a scientific paper published on Wednesday is confirmed, we may at last have found one. The best hope yet of an earthquake predictor could lie …
Researchers Create Sugar From Sunlight In US Lab Washington: In what could be claimed a major breakthrough, scientists have produced sugar from solar energy, using plant, bacterial, frog and fungal enzymes. A team at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, has focused its work on making an artificial photosynthetic material, which …
In what could be claimed a major breakthrough, a team of scientists has produced sugar from solar energy, using plant, bacterial, frog and fungal enzymes. A team at Cincinnati University has focused its work on making an artificial photosynthetic material, which uses plant, frog, fungal enzymes and bacterial, trapped within …
The herbicide atrazine is one of the most commonly applied pesticides in the world. As a result, atrazine is the most commonly detected pesticide contaminant of ground, surface, and drinking water. Atrazine is also a potent endocrine disruptor that is active at low, ecologically relevant concentrations. Previous studies showed that …
A rare tree frog found only in central Panama could soon croak its last, as deforestation and infection push the species toward extinction, an environmental group said on Tuesday. The Rabb
THE outbreak of disease in a population can cause a large number of deaths, if unchecked. This decreases the genetic diversity of the species as a whole. The species lacking diversity is unable to adapt to the ever-changing climate and environmental conditions. This opens the door for further disease outbreaks. …
More than 350 new species, including a flying frog and the world's smallest deer species, have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in the last decade, according to the WWF. The eastern Himalayas, the region which spans Bhutan and Northeast India, north Burma, Nepal and southern parts of Tibet Autonomous …
A new species of frog has been discovered in the Western Ghats and Mangalore, by a team of researchers from St Aloysius College. Addressing a news conference, St Aloysius College Principal Swebert D
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Government has ordered an inquiry into the mid-day meal given to students in a school here after teachers found a dead frog in the served food.
One fifth of Europe's reptiles and nearly a quarter of its amphibians are in danger because of the threat humans pose to their natural habitat, according to a study carried out for the European Commission. The tortoise family, vipers, wall lizards such as the Tenerife speckled lizard, and pond turtles …
"It is the largest Baghair sold in the city market in last 15 years. We bought it at Tk500 a kg and sold up to Tk800," said Haider Ali, the seller of the fish. Even the fish traders of the market wanted a share of this rare fish, he added.
Let those offering Jumping Chicken to their customers do it at their own risk! This seems to be the message to the restaurateurs who do more damage to the Mother Earth by preparing delicacies of frog meat Some wildlife enthusiasts are so agitated about the goings-about that they wish to …
The discovery of a dozen species of Western Ghats tree frogs that are new to science is evidence of significant biodiversity surviving in certain parts of India. It is at the same time a cautionary tale on how mindless development can wipe out species that have not had the opportunity …
Marijuana to cancer: Scientists in Seattle have found that young men smoking marijuana were at a higher risk of developing an aggressive form of testicular cancer called nonseminoma than those who had never tried the drug. The disease is known to strike men in there 20s and 30s and is …
CHENNAI: A pure white frog was sighted in a house at Pulikudivakkam, near Chengalpattu, a fortnight ago. Herpetologist Romulus Whitaker spotted the frog in his garden. The frog
SYDNEY: A tiny, light brown frog species that was thought by many experts to be extinct has been rediscovered alive and well in a remote area of Australia
