6+ hour, 38+ min ago   (681+ words) Across the flooded fields and scrubby foothills of South Asia lives a frog that most people, including many biologists, would struggle to tell apart from its close relatives. The burrowing frog Sphaerotheca maskeyi, a medium-sized member of the family Dicroglossidae,…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (691+ words) Note: This article was originally published 30 years ago, on Aug. 7, 1996. Brian Barnes and author Ned Rozell have since retired from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and scientists now know that the wood frog’s internal body temperature can dip to 0.6 degrees…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (890+ words) Universität Bern Evolutionary home advantage: Study reveals adaptation to be surprisingly local A research team from the University of Bern has shown in a large-scale field experiment that populations of the same fish species can be much more fine-tuned to…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (313+ words) Traditional monitoring methods are insufficient to manage invasive species that threaten Estonia's native crayfish. However, eDNA, or environmental DNA, can help detect these species quickly and effectively, according to a doctoral thesis defended at the Estonian University of Life Sciences....

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (65+ words) IGN Escape From the Planet of the Apes When a coupling of intelligent ape-beings use Taylor's downed ship to escape from the planet of the apes, they arrive in Los Angeles in the 20th century only to receive the same persecution…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (301+ words) thehindu.com A recent comprehensive amphibian and reptile survey across the protected areas of the Munnar Wildlife Division found that Eravikulam National Park (ENP) near Munnar in Idukki has emerged as a thriving habitat for the endangered Resplendent Shrub Frog,…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (341+ words) The newly discovered “Lielaphis slashi” is a 28-inch-long reddish-brown snake from the forests of New Guinea. Named by the seven researchers who contributed to the study, this new discovery celebrates Slash’s work as a musician, as well as the guitarist’s…...