http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Christine Bergeron of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, a doctoral student in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources, received a fellowship from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Center for Environmental Research for her research on the reproductive success of American toads. http://www.physorg.com/news175192370.html Biology Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:50:01 EST news175192370 (PhysOrg.com) -- Brian Sullivan has been clipping toes from toads since the early 1980s. It`s not some type of strange hobby, and he releases the toads back into their habitat along the Agua Fria River north of Phoenix once he has obtained samples and collected data about the toads` appearance. http://www.physorg.com/news164907330.html Biology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:36:20 EST news164907330 Amphibian populations are declining worldwide, principally because of the spread of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. Researchers know that some amphibian populations and species are innately more susceptible to the disease than others. Recent preliminary evidence, described in the April issue of BioScience, suggests also that individual amphibians can sometimes develop resistance to chytridiomycosis, which is caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). http://www.physorg.com/news157785426.html Biology Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:27:58 EST news157785426 Ecologists in Australia have discovered that cane toads are far more susceptible to being killed and eaten by meat ants than native frogs. Their research - published in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology - reveals a chink in the cane toad's armour that could help control the spread of this alien invasive species in tropical Australia. http://www.physorg.com/news157620513.html Biology Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:29:30 EST news157620513 (AP) -- For decades, the poisonous cane toad has plagued Australians, breeding rapidly, eating voraciously and bestowing death upon most animals that dare consume it. http://www.physorg.com/news157290216.html Biology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:44:40 EST news157290216 A potentially deadly fungus that can kill frogs and toads was inadvertently introduced into Mallorca by a captive breeding program that was reintroducing a rare species of toad into the wild, according to a new study published in the September 23rd issue of the journal Current Biology. http://www.physorg.com/news141308748.html Biology Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:25:48 EST news141308748 Cane toads weren't allowed to compete in the Olympics, but scientists have raced cane toads in the laboratory and calculated that they would not be able to invade Melbourne, Adelaide or Hobart and are unlikely to do well in Perth or Sydney, even with climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news138974103.html Biology Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:55:03 EST news138974103 A farm irrigation canal would seem a healthier place for toads than a ditch by a supermarket parking lot. But University of Florida scientists have found the opposite is true. In a study with wide implications for a longstanding debate over whether agricultural chemicals pose a threat to amphibians, UF zoologists have found that toads in suburban areas are less likely to suffer from reproductive system abnormalities than toads near farms - where some had both testes and ovaries. http://www.physorg.com/news134322281.html Biology Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:44:41 EST news134322281