Frog and Reptile News

Posted February 11, 2008:

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

Posted February 8, 2008:

• Science, Not Romance, Controls Mating At Smithsonian's National Zoo

Posted February 7, 2008:

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

Posted January 28, 2008:

• Ecosystem Engineers: Elephant Eating Habits Influence Lizard Habitat Choices

Posted January 24, 2008:

• Saving Endangered Sea Turtles
• EDGE Amphibians: World's Weirdest Creatures Just Got Weirder

Posted January 22, 2008:

• 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
• Amphibian Skin Agent May Battle Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria

Posted January 4, 2008:

• Does Biology Matter When Predicting How Animals Will Respond To Climate Change?

Posted December 21, 2007:

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

Posted December 19, 2007:

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

Posted December 3, 2007:

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

Posted November 30, 2007:

• Toads In A Hole? Fungal Disease Threatens UK Toad Population

Posted November 29, 2007:

• Indigenous Water Frogs In Europe Under Threat

Posted November 26, 2007:

• Green Turtle Nesting Sites Discovered In Senegal

Posted November 19, 2007:

• Sunbathing Tree Frogs' Future Under A Cloud

Posted November 14, 2007:

• Parasites Might Spur Evolution Of Strange Amphibian Breeding Habits

Posted October 30, 2007:

• Underestimation Of Frog Numbers Causes Concern

Posted October 25, 2007:

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

Posted October 24, 2007:

• Signal That Switches On Eye Development Discovered -- Could Lead To 'Eye In A Dish'

Posted October 15, 2007:

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

Posted October 3, 2007:

• 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

Posted September 28, 2007:

• Biologists Close In On Mystery Of Sea Turtles' 'Lost Years'

Posted September 26, 2007:

• Does The Victim Affect Snake Venom Composition?

Posted September 25, 2007:

• New Animal And Plant Species Found In Vietnam
• Pollution Drives Frog Deformities By Ramping Up Infections

Posted September 24, 2007:

• Magnetic Snakes Create Water Current

Posted September 12, 2007:

• Ecologist Finds Dire Devastation Of Snake Species Following Floods

Posted August 28, 2007:

• New Golden Frog Discovered In Remote Region Of Colombia

Posted August 24, 2007:

• How Snakes Survive Starvation

Posted August 20, 2007:

• Frog Plus Frying Pan Equals Better Antibiotic

Posted August 17, 2007:

• Researchers Track Declining Timber Rattlesnakes

Posted August 16, 2007:

• US Watersheds: Underlying Geodynamic Processes And Human Impacts Considered

Posted August 6, 2007:

• Genetic Analysis Finds Greater Threat In Frog-Killing Fungus

Posted July 21, 2007:

• Scientists Are Aiding Timber Rattlesnakes

Posted July 11, 2007:

• Could Golf Courses Double As Wildlife Sanctuaries?

Posted June 26, 2007:

• Frog Molecule Could Provide Drug Treatment For Brain Tumors

Posted June 23, 2007:

• Breakdown Products Of Widely Used Pesticides Are Acutely Lethal To Amphibians, Study Finds

Posted June 19, 2007:

• Are Rattlesnakes Entering Suburbia?

Posted June 18, 2007:

• Rare Four-Eyed Turtle Hatches At The Tennessee Aquarium: Endangered Hatchling May Represent A First In North America

Posted June 12, 2007:

• Lizard Moms Dress Their Children For Success

Posted June 6, 2007:

• Caribbean Frogs Started With A Single, Ancient Voyage On A Raft From South America

Posted June 4, 2007:

• 24 Species Believed New To Science Discovered In Suriname Rainforest

Posted May 23, 2007:

• Bacteria Show Promise In Fending Off Global Amphibian Killer

Posted May 17, 2007:

• Rare Soft-Shell Turtle, Nesting Ground Found In Cambodia

Posted May 4, 2007:

• Light Sticks May Inadvertently Lure Turtles To Fishing Lines

Posted May 3, 2007:

• Deadly Frog Disease Is Spreading

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