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Toad migration well underway in rural Cowichan
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (287+ words) Published 1:00 pm Friday, July 24, 2026 Back for another year, the Western Toad community is on the move in rural Cowichan. The Great Western Toads are actively migrating from the wetlands to their terrestrial habitats. Sahtlam, Glenora, and Cowichan Station are hotspots…...
In California, solar panels were installed in the habitat of endangered red-legged frogs, and instead of leaving, they stayed in the few streams the panels didn't cover
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (581+ words) When thousands of acres of Californian rangeland were cleared for solar power, environmentalists got involved. The site overlapped with the habitat of the threatened California red-legged frog. The concern was that they would be driven away. The situation was monitored…...
At the start of winter, the wood frog of North America stops breathing, lets ice form in the spaces between its cells, and its heart stops entirely for up to seven months — then in spring it thaws, its heart restarts, and it hops away as if nothing happened
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (449+ words) A vertebrate that freezes solid each winter and wakes without brain damage or organ failure is forcing scientists to reconsider the limits of what a living thing can endure. Published July 24, 2026 The wood frog of North America, Lithobates sylvaticus, spends…...
Call for Amphibian Ark Conservation Program Grants
2+ day, 36+ min ago (609+ words) The Amphibian Ark Program Grants support conservation projects focused on amphibian species that cannot currently be protected through wild conservation methods alone. The programme provides funding for ex situ conservation actions, such as captive breeding, species management, and conservation facilities,…...
New giant salamander species discovered in 3.5-million-year-old fossils
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (246+ words) Fossils discovered in Japan more than two decades ago have finally been identified as a new genus and species of giant salamander. Limnospondylus ajimuensis lived around 3.5 million years ago in a warmer, wetter Kyushu and may have reached 1.1 meters in…...
New avenues in setting head-started amphibians up for success
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (487+ words) Zoo Atlanta New avenues in setting head-started amphibians up for success One way that zoos help in conserving species is using a tool known as “head starting.” Head starting is essentially rearing animals up to a certain age or size…...
The Anticlotting Ability of the Glass Frog
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (304+ words) Would you like to read this article in %%? The tiny glass frog (genus Hyalinobatrachium), known for its translucent skin, is found in forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern South America. How does the frog’s skin become transparent? The glass…...
This Tiny Brazilian Toad Became the First Amphibian Ever to Halt a Hydroelectric Dam. Now, It Faces a Climate Disaster
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (242+ words) A rare toad changed the fate of a river by becoming the first amphibian to halt a hydroelectric dam. It's now in trouble....
Wood frogs freeze solid every winter — up to 65% of their body water turns to ice and their heart stops completely — yet they thaw out in spring and hop away as if nothing happened
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (425+ words) A frozen wood frog has no detectable heartbeat, no breathing, no circulation and no obvious brain activity. Ice fills the spaces around its organs and...
Rare Matheran Wrinkled Frog breeding hit by erratic monsoon in Western Ghats
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (146+ words) 23 July,2026 08:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav A sudden break in the monsoon has put the breeding cycle of the rare Matheran Wrinkled Frog at risk, with entire egg clutches drying up and dying in the Western Ghats. The incident has…...