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New aquatic fungus pushing amphibians on road to extinction
Cape Town :: South Africa | 5 days ago
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Bd infects over 350 amphibian species by penetrating their skin, but little else is known about where it came from and how it causes disease. The earliest published record of Bd is from a specimen of an African clawed frog in 1938 from South Africa. Around...
Tags: clawed frog, aquatic fungus, South Africa, Cape Town, African clawed frog, Poison dart frog, Toad, Frogs, Tadpole, Environment, Amphibians, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Chytridiomycota
are frogs endangered
given the current climate change problem that is associated with the earth and the heating up of the atmosphere there is no doubt that frog species world wide are on the decline. evidence from zoos and nature organizations have showed a substantial decline...
Tags: frogs
Frogs in Blue Ridge area dying; surprising pathogen identified
Project looks at environmental crisis: what's killing off frogs and salamanders in the Southeastern Blue Ridge Mountains? Researchers discover a surprising culprit. For years now the global die-off of amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders, etc.)...
Tags: Wildlife, conservation, frogs, salamanders, amphibians, Ranavirus
Planetary warning: frogs, the Earth's coal-mine-canaries have been dying by the millions
Years ago canaries were kept in cages deep underground in coal mines as a warning system to detect odorless poison gases. Seattle Biologist, Kerry Kriger, is on a mission to help frog and amphibian species survive, but it is a daunting challenge. For...
Tags: Extinction, frogs, wildife, Obama, climate change, global warming, Save the Frogs, Dr. Kerry Kriger, biological emergency, pollution
U.S. climate bill may be too late for some species, but killer insects Thrive!
Temperature and climate variations have already started to impact the globe’s wildlife and natural ecosystems. But not all life is being adversely affected. Insects, like mosquitoes and tree-ravaging beetles, have been multiplying in alarming numbers....
Tags: Climate change, global warming, wildlife, insects, frogs
LESSON FROM THE FROG PUDDLE
"This is a short anecdote from my university days." I used to walk instead of riding a jeepney to go around the Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines. Unless, of course, I am going to be late for class, I would always choose to peacefully...
RARE Sightings of RAINING ANIMALS!
You will be amazed at what I stumbled upon the internet. Would you believe it if someone told ya, “It’s Raining FISHES and FROGS!” Well, you ought to. Because, Its TRUE!Raining animals is a relatively Rare meteorological phenomenon,...
Tags: Raining Animals, Fish, Turtle, Jellyfish, Birds, Frogs, Rare
Weird, Weird Rain
Heads up! There's all kinds of strange stuff falling from the sky: frogs, sardines, jellyfish, alligators and maybe - just maybe - cows! Here are some documented cases of really weird precipitation. Weird rain is one of the more bizarre - and still largely...
Tags: weird, rain, toad, frogs, nature, strange, bizzare, rainstorm, phenomenon
COLORFUL KILLERS !!
You think these colorful little fellas are cute and pretty ? Well, think again. Some of these guys are the MOST VILE AND POISONOUS creatures in the world. One among them , the Golden poison dart frog is the MOST POISONOUS ANIMAL in the world.
Biologists Doubt the Global Warming Link to Global Amphibian Decline!
“We are currently in the midst of a sixth mass extinction event,” said Peter Hudson, the William professor of biology at Penn State and co-author of the research study. “And amphibians are bearing the brunt of the problem.”...
Tags: Amphibian, Global Warming, Frogs
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