Global warming is turning frogs’ sex reversal into an extinction risk

Sex reversal is well documented in the animal kingdom, where an individual can begin life with one sex and later switch to ...

Researchers probe Prairie wetlands for signs of 'epidermal epidemic' in Manitoba frogs, salamanders

There's a deadly disease that threatens to infect Manitoba frogs and salamanders — and it could wreak havoc if left unchecked ...

The Secret Superpowers of Amphibians and Reptiles

The Surinam toad is one of the strangest frogs on Earth. Flat-bodied, tiny-eyed and adapted to the murky waters of the Amazon basin, it hunts well despite having very poor vision. When a fish swims ...
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Rewriting Frogs’ Future with Science

Stories about amphibians don’t always end with “happily ever after,” but scientists around the globe — including Brian Gratwicke at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute — are working ...
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Frog Love Songs and the Sounds of Climate Change

When the time is right, a good love song can make all the difference. A study from the University of California, Davis, found that temperature affects the sound and quality of male frogs’ mating calls ...
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‘Vaccinating’ frogs may or may not protect them against a pandemic – but it does provide another option for conservation

California red-legged frogs are threatened with extinction. KQED QUEST/Flickr, CC BY-NC When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, many wildlife disease researchers like me were not too surprised. Some ...