Human Urine and Frogs: How a Bizarre Pregnancy Test Helped Unleash a Global Amphibian Crisis
From a groundbreaking find to a global disaster. This is how one species and human error endangered amphibians everywhere.
Tag: amphibians
Giant 160-million-year-old tadpole sheds new light on frog evolution
Amphibian fossils, particularly those capturing larval stages, are exceptionally rare due to tadpoles’ soft, delicate bodies, which are highly prone ...
European female frogs fake their own death to avoid mating with aggressive males
These amphibian ladies will resort to extreme tactics if that means avoiding pestering males.
Climate change will make extreme cold more prevalent — and that’s bad news for some animals
"Extreme" things generally aren't very healthy.
Hundreds of amphibian species all over the world killed by fungus infection, but there may yet be hope
Since the 1990s, biologists have witnessed a sudden demise of amphibian species. So far, hundreds of species have become extinct after ...
This frog hears through its mouth
One of the smallest amphibians in the world, the Gardiner's Seychelles frog, is also one of the most eccentric. The frog ...
Beetle larvae devour amphibian predators – twist of odds in nature
In a classic David vs Goliath scenario, scientists have observed how the Epomis beetle larvae simply devour frogs, several times ...
Back when reptiles took on dry land
It was more than 300 million years ago that reptiles made tracks on earth. The exact moment when this happened ...
