Climate change may threaten the survival of the Cape frog. The solution could lie in creating corridors for them to move to new habitats and more suitable climate spaces.
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Chytrid fungus has already wiped out six species of Australian frogs since the disease arrived in the 1970s. Without urgent action, seven more are facing extinction.
As much as animals may pass on viruses to humans, humans pass on viruses which are sometimes lethal to the animal world as well.
It’s the size of a fingernail but could do you some serious damage – numbness, incontinence, and muscular paralysis.
These tiny creatures have ditched tadpoles and extra toes to make the most of their habitat.
The chytrid fungal disease that has ravaged amphibians worldwide has reached Madagascar. But it’s possible this could be a blessing in disguise.
A South American frog species has a tongue sticky enough to pull weights up to three times its own body weight. Researchers…
Some 14 new species of dancing frogs have been found in the mountains of India, but researchers say changing habitats puts…
Frogs living in wildlife refuges across the US were examined over ten years to reveal that abnormalities are actually much…
A South American frog named after Charles Darwin may be extinct from a deadly amphibian disease. Scientists at the Zoological…
The male green poison-dart frog is able to deliver bold mating calls to females while being less conspicuous to potential…
South-west of the port of Gladstone in Queensland lies Kroombit Tops National Park, housing many plants and animals, some of them unique. The reserve includes steep escarpments with wet, rainforest gullies…
Compared to tree frogs (Rhacophorus pardalis), torrent frogs (Staurois guttatus) are better able to attach to extremely wet…
X-ray imaging of tiny frogs’ bodies show that their big mouths resonate best around the frequency of the male’s calls - meaning…
High up in the sub-alpine bogs of the Snowy Mountains lives one of Australia’s most iconic and rarest creatures, the Southern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne corroboree). This small, vividly-coloured species…
The White-bellied Frog (Geocrinia alba) is a tiny frog from south-west Western Australia, inhabiting a range of 130km2 between Margaret River and Augusta. It was only discovered in the early 1980s and…
While humans worry about bird flu, SARS and other emerging diseases, frogs worldwide are quietly suffering their own pandemic. The amphibian chytrid fungus was first found in Australia in the 1990s. By…
Torrent frogs are an interesting group of frogs found in the rainforests of north-east Australia. There are four species in the group: the Mountain Mistfrog (Litoria nyakalensis), the Armoured Mistfrog…
African clawed frogs in California harbour a deadly fungal infection that is destroying the global amphibian population…
Recent studies conducted by University of Pittsburg researchers have shown that wood frog populations close to farm fields…
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