Wildlife
Plight of the corroboree frog
The colourful southern corroboree frog is one of Australia’s most endangered species.
Tag: amphibians
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Psychedelic toad comes back from the dead
The vibrantly coloured Bornean rainbow toad, missing for 90 years, has been rediscovered in Malaysia.
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Audio: Cane toads in Broome and Sydney
A colony of 250 cane toads has been found breeding at Taren Point in Sydney’s south.
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Hot frog bodies fight deadly infection
Higher body temperatures help native frogs to fight a deadly fungus, new research has revealed.
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Cloning brings extinct frog back from dead
Frozen tissue has allowed the bizarre gastric brooding frog – which gives birth via its mouth – to rise from the dead.
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Huge new flying frog discovered in Vietnam
An Australian biologist has uncovered a new species of flying frog in Vietnam.
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Rare corroboree frog given second chance
Scientists are returning hundreds of corroboree frog eggs to the wild in the hope of boosting the population.
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Miniature frog discovered in the Pilbara
Scientists have discovered a new frog in the remote and sparsely-populated Pilbara region of WA.
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Cane toads help spread parasites to frogs
Two native parasites spread by cane toads may be responsible for the population decline of 10 frog species.
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Cane toad found on WA coast
A stowaway cane toad makes it all the way to Broome in Western Australia.