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Research suggests EPA pesticide exposure test too short, overlooks long term effects

The four-day testing period the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) commonly uses to determine safe levels of pesticide exposure for humans and animals could fail to account for the toxins' long-term effects, University ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Picture book portrays a 'hoppy' future for endangered frogs

Move over Kermit, there's a native frog rising in the West.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eradicating cane toads with 'their own medicine'

Sydney University biologists have discovered cane toad tadpoles (Bufo marinus) communicate using chemicals excreted into the water, a finding that may help to impede the Cane Toad invasion of the Kimberley.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Could tadpole weaponry be used against cane toads?

A chemical produced naturally by cane toad tadpoles may one day be used to help control the invasive species, according to new research published today.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The end is in sight for amphibian fungal disease

Over the past 30 years, around 200 species of amphibians have disappeared due to chytridiomycosis, a fungal infection. The scientific community has attempted to fight the pathogen, without success. Now, an ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Livestock grazing not to blame for Yosemite toad decline

(PhysOrg.com) -- Livestock grazing is apparently not the culprit in the steep decline of Yosemite toads and their habitat, according to the results of an extensive, five-year study conducted by UC Davis, UC ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Big leap in understanding frog threat

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Sydney researchers have identified two new parasite species causing disease among endangered Australian frogs. They say they are most likely native, overturning a commonly held ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sunbathing not good for tadpoles

(PhysOrg.com) -- The thinning ozone layer in the upper atmosphere may be a key factor in the collapse of frog populations worldwide, new research shows.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Three new amphibian treasures found on search for 'lost' frogs

A team of scientists on a quest to rediscover several "lost" amphibians in western Colombia has returned with a surprising result: three species of frogs believed to be entirely new to science, Conservation ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amazing discovery in Borneo: Tiny, new, pea-sized frog is old world's smallest

The smallest frog in the Old World (Asia, Africa and Europe) and one of the world's tiniest was discovered inside and around pitcher plants in the heath forests of the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. The ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Kihansi spray toads make historic return to Tanzania

In a bold effort to save one of the world's rarest amphibians from extinction, one hundred Kihansi spray toads have been flown home to Tanzania after being painstakingly reared at the Bronx Zoo and The Toledo ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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