Frog and Reptile News

Posted May 12, 2008:

• Female Concave-eared Frogs Draw Mates With Ultrasonic Calls

Posted May 10, 2008:

• Biological Weapons To Control Cane Toad Invasion In Australia

Posted May 9, 2008:

• Priority Regions For Threatened Frog And Toad Conservation In Latin America

Posted April 29, 2008:

• Legless Lizard And Tiny Woodpecker Among New Species Discovered In Brazil

Posted April 27, 2008:

• Dinosaurs Probably Lacked Tissue To Generate Heat

Posted April 26, 2008:

• Lizard Hunting Styles Impact Ability To Walk, Run

Posted April 23, 2008:

• Variety Is The Spice Of Life: Too Many Males, Too Little Time...

Posted April 21, 2008:

• Road Kill Losses Add Up, Taxing Amphibians And Other Animals

Posted April 19, 2008:

• Almost Extinct Turtle Discovered Living In Wild In Northern Vietnam

Posted April 18, 2008:

• Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution After Introduction To A New Home

Posted April 8, 2008:

• First Lungless Frog Discovered

Posted March 28, 2008:

• Zoologists Unlock New Secrets About Frog Deaths

Posted March 26, 2008:

• Threatened Atlantic Leatherback Turtles Split Into Two Groups To Forage, Isotope Analysis Suggests

Posted March 24, 2008:

• Unlocking The Psychology Of Snake And Spider Phobias

Posted March 19, 2008:

• Turtle Nesting Threatened By Logging Practices In Gabon, Smithsonian Warns

Posted March 15, 2008:

• Harlequin Frog Rediscovered In Remote Region Of Colombia

Posted March 14, 2008:

• Amphibians Respond Behaviorally To Impact Of Clear Cutting

Posted March 13, 2008:

• Snakes Vault Past Toxic Newts In Evolutionary Arms Race

Posted March 10, 2008:

• Rare Maud Island Frogs Hatched In New Zealand

Posted March 5, 2008:

• South American Frog Secretions Stimulate Insulin Release, Could Offer Diabetes Treatment Hope

Posted February 28, 2008:

• Evolution Of Aversion: Why Even Children Are Fearful Of Snakes

Posted February 25, 2008:

• Snakes Locate Prey Through Vibration Waves

Posted February 24, 2008:

• Python Snakes, An Invasive Species In Florida, Could Spread To One Third Of US

Posted February 21, 2008:

• 'V-Frog' Virtual-Reality Frog Dissection Software Offers First True Physical Simulation

Posted February 19, 2008:

• Giant Frog Jumps Continents, May Have Eaten Baby Dinosaurs
• Leatherback Sea Turtles Followed On 12,700 Mile Migratory Journey Across The Pacific

Posted February 11, 2008:

• Madagascar's Tortoises Are Crawling Toward Extinction, Groups Say

Posted January 31, 2008:

• Ecosystem Engineers: Elephant Eating Habits Influence Lizard Habitat Choices

Posted January 30, 2008:

• Saving Endangered Sea Turtles

Posted January 25, 2008:

• EDGE Amphibians: World's Weirdest Creatures Just Got Weirder
• Scientists Look At Those In Evolutionary Race Who Don't Make It 'Out Of The Gate'
• Jacky Dragons Are Born When The Temperature Is Right For Their Sex

Posted January 23, 2008:

• Amphibian Skin Agent May Battle Multi-drug Resistant Bacteria

Posted January 2, 2008:

• Giraffes And Frogs Provide More Evidence Of New Species Hidden In Plain Sight

Posted December 25, 2007:

• Squirrels Use Old Snake Skins To Mask Their Scent From Predators
• Snake Venoms Share Similar Ingredients

Posted December 6, 2007:

• Toads In A Hole? Fungal Disease Threatens UK Toad Population
• Indigenous Water Frogs In Europe Under Threat

Posted December 5, 2007:

• Green Turtle Nesting Sites Discovered In Senegal

Posted December 4, 2007:

• Fossils Excavated From Bahamian Blue Hole May Give Clues Of Early Life

Posted November 20, 2007:

• Sunbathing Tree Frogs' Future Under A Cloud

Posted November 15, 2007:

• Parasites Might Spur Evolution Of Strange Amphibian Breeding Habits

Posted November 2, 2007:

• Underestimation Of Frog Numbers Causes Concern

Posted October 29, 2007:

• Understanding Endangered Frog's Diet And Environment May Save It

Posted October 17, 2007:

• After Drought, Diversity Dries Up And Ponds All Look The Same

Posted October 3, 2007:

• Biologists Close In On Mystery Of Sea Turtles' 'Lost Years'
• New Species Of Frog Discovered: Smallest Indian Land Vertebrate

Posted October 1, 2007:

• Three-way Mating Game Of North American Lizard Found In Distant European Relative

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