The post-winter rains have come, temperatures are rising, and salamanders are undertaking their once-a-year migrations to ...
Volunteers spend spring nights outside with flashlights and rain gear to watch as frogs and salamanders cross the road. Their ...
World Frog Day 2026 highlights how frogs support ecosystems and why their decline signals environmental problems.
Scientists suggest female frogs listen for changes in the male calls as a signal for when it's warm enough to mate.
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World Frog Day: New species described amid threats to amphibian survival
By Mongabay.com March 20 is World Frog Day. Frogs and toads have inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years, but 40% of amphibians species are now at risk of extinction, according to the latest ...
On Friday, March 20, frog supporters worldwide celebrate and plan to take action for amphibians. This leap towards conservation helps highlight the vital role frogs play in our ecosystem and ...
What may sound like a spa day for frogs is all part of a global effort to fight the chytrid fungus — the deadly pathogen responsible for what scientists have called the largest disease-driven loss of ...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the start of its annual Amphibian Migrations and Road Crossings Project in the Hudson Valley. Warmer temperatures and rain have ...
Captive-bred Panamanian golden frogs are returning to the wild for the first time since 2009, as scientists study how to rewild species lost to fungal disease.
A frog species known since 1838 may actually be several different species, according to a new genetic study of Southeast Asia’s “fanged frogs.” ...
From the brightly colored poison frogs of South America to the prehistoric-looking newts of the Western US, the world is filled with beautiful, deadly amphibians. Just a few milligrams of the newt’s ...
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