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Animals News tagged with frogs

See-Through Frogs Discovered
Animals  (tags: Frogs, Colombia, Species, Amphibians )

Nancy
- 3 days ago - livescience.com
Ten newfound species of amphibians -- including a frog with spiky skin and three varieties of frogs with transparent skin -- have been discovered in the mountains of Colombia.
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Endangered Oregon Spotted Frogs Returned to Native Habitat
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, frogs, returned, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 7 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
In an ongoing effort to recover native Puget Sound wetland species, some 500 endangered Oregon spotted frogs have been released into the wild after spending the first nine months of their lives in a captive-rearing program.
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SAVE THE FROGS! Is Preparing a Massive Campaign to Stop the Chytrid at Its Source
Animals  (tags: frogs, death, investigation, diseaseprotection, habitat, extinction )

Tierney
- 42 days ago - savethefrogs.com
The chytrid fungus is quite possibly the deadliest organism on the planet (after humans!), and it is decimating amphibian populations worldwide.
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2009 Frog Art Contest Voting
Animals  (tags: conservation, frogs, art, contest, endangered, extinction )

Tierney
- 60 days ago - savethefrogs.com
We've chosen the best of the best, and now it's time for you to be the judge! Look through the amazing frog art below, and then vote using the form at the bottom of this page. Voting will remain open until October 12th.
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Save the Frogs Newsletters
Animals  (tags: conservation, frogs, endangered species, extinction )

Tierney
- 68 days ago - savethefrogs.com
Many frog species are going, or have already gone extinct. Please visit site to learn more, and find out what you can do to help.
36 comments
New Species of High Altitude Frogs Discovered in Peru - No Tadpoles
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, frogs, discovery, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 72 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Researchers from the Illinois Wesleyan University and the University of California, Berkeley have recently described three new species of high-elevation frogs from southern Peru. The frogs belong to the genus Bryophryne, and the three new forms double
1 comment
Ask Marquette University to End Cruel Classroom Experiments ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, frogs, rabbits, turtles, experiments, AnimalCruelty, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 79 days ago - secure.peta.org
After receiving a complaint from a concerned student, PETA has learned that Marquette University requires students in its experimental physiology class to conduct cruel experiments on rats, frogs, rabbits, and turtles.
8 comments
Will Farmed Frogs Satisfy Huge Appetites for Frog Meat?
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, frogs, dwindling populations, eating, farming, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, killing )

Cher
- 83 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Despite the world's dwindling frog populations, the demand for frog meat is increasing. Should a sustainable approach to wild frog harvesting be considered or could frog farming be a viable alternative to harvesting wild frogs?
5 comments
Brookstone Cited for Running Illegal Pet Shops
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, bookstore, iilegal pet sales, frogs, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 93 days ago - blog.peta.org
Brookstone's "Frog-O-Sphere"--a tiny plastic box containing two African frogs and a snail--is a guaranteed death sentence for these animals, who are slowly poisoned by their own waste in these mini-prisons.
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Why We Shouldn't Eat Frogs' Legs
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, frogs, extinction, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 97 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Every year, the French nibble away at 4,000 tonnes of frogs' legs. But that's nothing compared with the vast number being eaten in Asia, South America and even the US. And it's pushing the world's frog population towards extinction, says Jon Henley
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Harlequin Frogs Near Extinction as Temperatures Rise ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, frogs, climate change, AnimalWelfare, environment, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 101 days ago - all-creatures.org
Urge Costa Rica's Ambassador H.E. Luis Diego Escalante to do everything in his power to save this colorful little frog, along with many other endangered species affected by climate change.
8 comments
Pesticides Used In California's Central Valley Killing Frog Populations in Nearby Sierras
Animals  (tags: frogs, killed, poisoned, pesticides, wildlife, destruction, humans, sierras, populations )

Simone
- 104 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Scientists have determined the chemicals that make the Central Valley a rich agricultural region are responsible for frog deaths and tadpole abnormalities in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Just when it seems things can't get much worse for our cold-
1 comment
Flying Frog, World's Smallest Deer, Among 350 New Species Discovered in Eastern Himalayas
Animals  (tags: New Species, found, wildlife, monkeys, deers, frogs )

Lone
- 105 days ago - nydailynews.com
The WWF announced today that more than 350 new species were discovered in the eastern Himalayas in the past decade - including the world's smallest deer, a "flying frog"
9 comments
Harlequin Frogs Near Extinction as Temperatures Rise ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, frogs, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 111 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve of Costa Rica, there were so many harlequin frogs that it was hard not to step on them when walking alongside streams. But today, they have vanished.
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Disease Threat May Change How Frogs Mate
Animals  (tags: animals, frogs, AnimalWelfare, disease, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 112 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Dr Amber Teacher, studying a post-doctorate at Royal Holloway, University of London, has discovered evidence that a disease may be causing a behavioural change in frogs. The research, published in the August edition of 'Molecular Ecology', has unearthed
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