1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (631+ words) A deadly fungus has devastated frog and toad populations around the world, yet some groups eventually begin to recover even while the pathogen remains. Researchers led by University College London (UCL), ZSL, and Imperial College London have now identified a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (477+ words) Pristimantis milpe is a common and widespread species that was mistaken for another species for more than a century. The formal description appears in the international journal ZooKeys, which specializes in biodiversity and taxonomy research. The key to identifying Pristimantis…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (173+ words) Ultraviolet imaging of a 125-million-year-old crocodylomorph fossil has revealed unexpectedly detailed traces of skin, sensory structures, and chest cartilage....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (663+ words) A small frog living in a flooded corner of the Amazon has turned out to be something scientists had never formally recognized before. Some species hide in remote places. Others hide in plain sight. That detective work revealed more than…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (612+ words) A 520-million-year-old fossil reveals an early stage in the evolution of cephalopod buoyancy. A tiny tube running through a shell helped early cephalopods control whether they rose or sank in the ocean. Living and extinct members of this group, including…...