Frog and Reptile News

Posted January 26, 2011:

• Female Lizard Turns the Table: Why Exaggerated Coloration Makes Her a Good Mate

Posted January 24, 2011:

• People Aren't Born Afraid of Spiders and Snakes: Fear Is Quickly Learned During Infancy

Posted January 20, 2011:

• For Robust Robots, Let Them Be Babies First

Posted January 13, 2011:

• What Gives Frogs a Face? Zoologists Clarify Role of FOXN3 Gene in Development of Clawed Frog

Posted December 1, 2010:

• What to Do If You Are Bitten by a Snake

Posted November 30, 2010:

• Snakes on a Rope: Researchers Take a Unique Look at the Climbing Abilities of Boa Constrictors

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Flying Snakes, Caught on Camera

Posted November 19, 2010:

• New Path for Colon Cancer Drug Discovery

Posted November 18, 2010:

• Link Between Ancient Lizard Fossil in Africa and Today's Komodo Dragon in Indonesia

Posted November 17, 2010:

• Critically Endangered Tree Frog Bred for First Time

Posted November 15, 2010:

• New Species of Carnivorous Plant Discovered in Cambodia

Posted November 12, 2010:

• Thousands of Turtles Captured in Madagascar Despite Ban
• How Diving Leatherback Turtles Regulate Buoyancy

Posted November 3, 2010:

• Boa Constrictors Can Have Babies Without Mating, New Evidence Shows

Posted October 29, 2010:

• Atlantic Sea Turtle Population Threatened by Egg Infection

Posted October 27, 2010:

• Imperiled Tropical Frog Shouting the Impact of Climate Change from the Mountaintops

Posted October 26, 2010:

• Tale of the Headless Dragonfly: Ancient Struggle, Preserved in Amber

Posted October 19, 2010:

• New Sensor Derived from Frogs May Help Fight Bacteria and Save Wildlife; Sensor Uses Frog Peptides to Test for Drug and Medical Device Contamination

Posted October 14, 2010:

• Scientists Find Signals That Make Cell Nucleus Blow Up Like a Balloon

Posted October 8, 2010:

• Turtle, Dugongs 'at Risk Under Climate Change'

Posted October 7, 2010:

• Killer Disease Decimates UK Frog Populations

Posted October 6, 2010:

• Family Ties Bind Desert Lizards in Social Groups

Posted September 18, 2010:

• 50-Million-Year-Old Snake Gets a CT Scan

Posted September 8, 2010:

• Frog Skin May Provide Antimicrobial Peptides Effective Against Multidrug-Resistant Infections

Posted September 7, 2010:

• What Can a New Zealand Reptile Tell Us About False Teeth?

Posted September 1, 2010:

• Getting a Tail Up on Conservation? New Method for Measuring Lizard Weight from Size

Posted August 26, 2010:

• Scientists Bring New Species of Turtle out of Its Shell
• Frog Skin May Provide 'Kiss of Death' for Antibiotic-Resistant Germs
• Irish Lizards Threatened by Agriculture

Posted August 25, 2010:

• Tiny, New, Pea-Sized Frog Is Old World's Smallest

Posted August 17, 2010:

• Kihansi Spray Toads Make Historic Return to Tanzania

Posted August 5, 2010:

• Frogs Evolution Tracks Rise of Himalayas and Rearrangement of Southeast Asia

Posted August 2, 2010:

• Stress Hormones Help Lizards Escape from Fire Ants
• 'Ribbit Radio' Shows Frog Population Estimates Are Likely Flawed

Posted July 29, 2010:

• Ancient Reptiles 'Make Tracks': Discovery of Fossilized Footprints Reveals When Reptiles First Conquered Dry Land
• Snake Venom Studies Yield Insights for Development of Therapies for Heart Disease and Cancer

Posted July 28, 2010:

• Electrical Activity in Developing Brain Influences Choice of Neurotransmitter

Posted July 21, 2010:

• Primitive Frogs Do a Belly Flop: Study Shows That Frogs Evolved Jumping Before They Refined Landing

Posted July 19, 2010:

• Frog Killer Caught in the Act: DNA Barcoding Reveals Five Undiscovered Frog Species Among 30 Wiped out by Fungal Epidemic

Posted July 15, 2010:

• US Sea Turtle Populations Difficult to Estimate or Protect Without More Data

Posted July 11, 2010:

• Mexican Salamander Helps Uncover Mysteries of Stem Cells and Evolution

Posted July 1, 2010:

• Warmer Is Better: Invasive Cane Toads Set to Thrive Under Global Warming

Posted June 29, 2010:

• Feast and Famine: MRI Reveals Secrets of Animal Anatomy

Posted June 23, 2010:

• Brave Brains: Neural Mechanisms of Courage Uncovered in Study of Fear of Snakes

Posted June 18, 2010:

• Competition Puts the Brakes on Body Evolution in Island Lizards

Posted May 27, 2010:

• Two New Frog Species Discovered in Panama's Fungal War Zone

Posted May 24, 2010:

• Ultraviolet Radiation Not Culprit Killing Amphibians, Research Shows

Posted May 20, 2010:

• I Am Treefrog, Feel Me Shake
• 'Prehistoric' Frogs May Face Extinction If Conservation Area Is Opened to Mining

Posted May 18, 2010:

• Demoting a Dinosaur: New Fossil Material Redefines Azendohsaurus as a Peculiar Early Reptile

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