Frog and Reptile News

Posted November 7, 2012:

• Fossils and Genes Brought Together to Piece Together Evolutionary History

Posted October 29, 2012:

• Huge Deposit of Jurassic Turtle Remains Found in China

Posted October 25, 2012:

• Unique Sea Snake Found in Museum
• Climate Change May Alter Amphibian Evolution

Posted October 23, 2012:

• Local Wildlife Is Important in Human Diets in Central Africa, Experts Say

Posted October 18, 2012:

• How Flick Knife Thumbs Help Japan's Rare Fighting Frogs

Posted October 17, 2012:

• Extreme 'Housework' Cuts the Life Span of Female Komodo Dragons

Posted October 11, 2012:

• Soft-Shelled Turtles Urinate Through Mouth

Posted October 9, 2012:

• Regenerated Lizard Tails Are Different from Originals, Researchers Discover

Posted October 8, 2012:

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 Awarded for Discovery That Mature Cells Can Be Reprogrammed to Become Pluripotent

Posted September 25, 2012:

• River Turtle Species in Missouri Still Suffers from Past Harvesting, Study Finds

Posted September 21, 2012:

• New Turtle Tracking Technique May Aid Efforts to Save Loggerhead

Posted September 19, 2012:

• Evolutionary History of Lizards and Snakes Reconstructed Using Massive Molecular Dataset

Posted September 17, 2012:

• Young Researcher on the Trail of Herbal Snakebite Antidote
• New Snake Species: List of Animal Species Threatened by Mining and Deforestation in Western Panama Augmented

Posted September 14, 2012:

• Researchers Find Our Inner Reptile Hearts

Posted September 13, 2012:

• Snakes Minus Birds Equals More Spiders for Guam: Ecologists Look for Effects of Bird Loss Caused by Invasive Brown Treesnake

Posted September 10, 2012:

• Surprises in Evolution of Frog Life Cycles

Posted August 21, 2012:

• Common Antifungal Drug Decreases Tumor Growth and Shows Promise as Cancer Therapy

Posted August 15, 2012:

• Flexible Snake Armor Could Inspire Abrasion-Resistant Materials

Posted August 14, 2012:

• Mysterious Snake Disease Decoded

Posted August 13, 2012:

• Florida State Record 87 Eggs in Largest Python from Everglades

Posted July 31, 2012:

• Friends Help More Promptly, at Least in Monkeys

Posted July 17, 2012:

• Frog Calls Inspire a New Algorithm for Wireless Networks

Posted July 16, 2012:

• Human Cells, Worms, Frogs and Plants Share Mechanism for Asymmetrical Patterning: Tubulin Proteins

Posted July 11, 2012:

• Giant Fossil Turtle from Colombia Round Like Car Tire

Posted July 1, 2012:

• Falling Lizards Use Tail for Mid-Air Twist, Inspiring Lizard-Like 'RightingBot'
• Rising Heat at the Beach Threatens Largest Sea Turtles, Climate Change Models Show

Posted June 28, 2012:

• Pollutants Could Pose Health Risks for Five Sea Turtle Species

Posted June 5, 2012:

• Rattlesnakes Strike Again, Bites More Toxic

Posted May 29, 2012:

• Iconic New Zealand Reptile Shows Chewing Is Not Just for Mammals

Posted May 24, 2012:

• El Niño Weather and Climate Change Threaten Survival of Baby Leatherback Sea Turtles

Posted May 23, 2012:

• Turtles More Closely Related to Birds Than Lizards and Snakes, Genetic Evidence Shows

Posted May 22, 2012:

• New Frog Species from Panama Dyes Fingers Yellow

Posted May 21, 2012:

• Richer Parasite Diversity Helps Protect Frogs from Viruses That Cause Malformed Limbs
• For Bats: What Sounds Good Doesn't Always Taste Good

Posted May 17, 2012:

• Ancient Giant Turtle Fossil Was Size of Smart Car

Posted May 16, 2012:

• Let's Get Moving: Unraveling How Locomotion Starts

Posted May 15, 2012:

• Drugs from Gila Monster Lizard Saliva Reduces Cravings for Chocolate and Ordinary Food
• Big-Mouthed Babies Drove the Evolution of Giant Island Snakes

Posted May 14, 2012:

• Groundbreaking Discovery on Mutation-Causing Genetic Disorder in Humans

Posted May 8, 2012:

• New Species of Lizard Discovered in Central African Minefield

Posted May 7, 2012:

• Taking America's Rarest Snake Back to the Woods

Posted April 30, 2012:

• Twenty-Four New Species of Lizards Discovered on Caribbean Islands Are Close to Extinction

Posted April 25, 2012:

• Deadly Frog Fungus at Work in the Wild

Posted April 24, 2012:

• Did Bone Ease Acid for Early Land Crawlers?

Posted April 20, 2012:

• Freeing Loggerhead Turtles Comes at a Price

Posted April 19, 2012:

• Lizard Moms May Prepare Their Babies for a Stressful World

Posted April 16, 2012:

• Venomous Snakebites Can Be Painful and Expensive, Says Expert

Posted April 12, 2012:

• Athletic Frogs Have Faster-Changing Genomes

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