Fewer than 100 dusky gopher frogs were known to remain. Thanks to some very dedicated humans, numbers are now on the rise.
Tag: Frogs
Sonoran Desert Toads, With Their Psychedelic Powers, Appear to Be in Decline
New research suggests Sonoran Desert toads went into steep decline after stories of their mind-bending chemical properties began circulating among drug users.
If You Give a Frog a Sauna, It Might Fight Off a Deadly Fungus
A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.
If You Give a Frog a Sauna, It Might Fight Off a Deadly Fungus
A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.
First Frog Fossil Found on Antarctica
The specimen is some 40 million years old, and is probably related to species currently living in South America.
The Sound of One Shrimp Snapping
How climate change is altering nature’s sonic landscape.
Matter: The Plague Killing Frogs Everywhere Is Far Worse Than Scientists Thought
As a threat to wildlife, an amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen known to science.”