Animal world
Kihansi toad is released to the wild
About 2000 Kihansi waterfall frogs were reintroduced to Kihansi Gorge in Tanzania after the animal was declared extinct in the wild.
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Climate change can affect frog evolution
Touchon, a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, found that climate change could change the evolution of frogs.
Animal world
Discovered a new tiny frog with 3 toes
Although found in 2007, it was not until June last year that scientists officially recognized the species as Brachycephalus tridactylus.
Animal world
Frogs carry sharp claws like wolves
The finger of a frog rare in Japan is capable of spreading sharp claws like a werewolf character in X-Men. This frog is named Otton, living only south of Amami Island (J…
Animal world
Some Asian frog species may become extinct before being discovered
Frogs and other amphibians are being wiped out with a dizzying speed in Asia. Therefore, some species may become extinct before being discovered - Scientists warned at t…
Animal world
10 more amphibian species discovered
Over the past 25 years, more than 40% of amphibian species are threatened with extinction, but according to a new statistics page of the database of Amphibiaweb amphibia…
Animal world
The image of a frog, like a frog
This amphibian lives in swamps and freshwater lakes stretching across the Amazon basin from Colombia to Brazil. The average size of horned frogs is from 10 to 15cm, but…
Animal world
The most exotic animals on the planet
Tree frog Rhacophorus pardalis, glass frog Hyalinobatrachium valerioi, cave frog Rhinophrynus dorsalis are 3 of the most special amphibians on our planet voted by New Sc…
Animal world
Discovered a new worm frog in Vietnam
Scientists in Japan and Russia have discovered and published a new worm frog in the Central Highlands in Japan's Current Herpetology Magazine, No. 31, 2012. This is also…
Animal world
Endangered species in 2012
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently announced six species of animals that are in extreme danger, at the United Nations Conference on Susta…
Animal world
See exotic fishes in the East India coral reef
Out of 2,631 coral reef fish species are described in the book
Animal world
A close-up of frogs is named after the Crown Prince of England
Scientists have announced the discovery of a new, colorful frog, named Hyloscirtus princecharlesi - named after the Crown Prince of England, Prince of Wales Charles - in…
Animal world
Finding frogs, toads ... new in Lam Dong
In the last few years, scientists have discovered and published a number of new animal and plant species in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park (Lam Dong) that makes not only do…
Animal world
10 most devoted fathers on the planet
While humanity celebrated Father's Day yesterday, the scientists also turned to fathers who took care of their children with a very high sense of responsibility in the a…
Animal world
Aye-aye frogs reappear in Burundi after 62 years
Two researchers David Blackburn and Eli Greenbaum from the University of Texas have discovered an individual Aye-aye frog (Cardioglossa cyaneospila) - the endemic, endan…