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Bats thrive in a messy, noisy world. These four discoveries reveal how they can listen and chatter through the din

Contrary to popular belief, bats aren’t flying blind. But they do rely heavily on sound—rather than vision—to confidently ...

How to Find Creatures in the Park! Are There Creatures in the City Too!?!

Did you know that there are creatures in city parks too?Tools: Nets, observation cages, insect repellent spray, etc.When you ...
Donga Science

Ancient ‘armored frog’ Gerrothorax maritimus thrived in the open sea 237 million years ago

UC Davis and Peking University researchers identify 73.7 cm marine amphibian fossil formed at least 30 km offshore ...
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First fully marine amphibian from 230 million years ago found in China

The "chunky" giant salamander-sized ocean bottom-dwelling creature was almost three feet long with a disc-shaped body and ...
Ecoticias

Smithsonian scientists swabbed 327 museum frogs and tied a mysterious die-off in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest to the chytrid fungus, but the declined species still common e…

Chytrid fungus turned up in 57 of 97 Brazilian frogs collected after a 1979-1982 die-off and in none of 230 older museum ...
Discover Wildlife

Tiny, rare froglets born at London Zoo in world-first

A group of Afia Birago’s puddle frogs are the first of their species to be born under human care Fifteen rare Afia Birago’s ...

55 things to do for Halloween in Haywood County

Halloween season is here and Haywood County is getting into the spooky spirit. From trick-or-treating and costume parties to ...

Frogs are my arch-nemesis! Why I, a timid girl from the deep countryside, flew abroad in my late twenties

I think I've had the dream of wanting to live abroad (in an English-speaking country) since I was quite young.I'll roughly ...
The Associated Press

An endangered frog nursery in LA cares for hundreds of tadpoles until they’re ready for the wild

The transition from tadpole to juvenile frog is never easy — legs sprout, tails shrink and lungs develop for a life on land, all while being hunted by ...
Pressat

World first - rare froglets born at London Zoo in breakthrough for Critically Endangered species

Conservationists are celebrating the birth of 15 Afia Birago's puddle frogs at London Zoo - a major milestone in ZSL and Ghanaian partners' urgent efforts to save one of the world's rarest, smallest ...
Timeslife on MSN

India's legless amphibians live entirely underground and go unnoticed

What a Caecilian Actually Is Caecilians are the third order of amphibians, sitting alongside frogs and salamanders in the ...