The Transportation Security Administration intercepted seven snakes and three tortoises in a passenger’s pants as he tried to fly from Miami to Brazil on Aug. 25. Leer más.

Zoólogos en la Universidad Estatal de Oregon (Estados Unidos) han descubierto una especie de zooplancton capaz de consumir al hongo responsable de la pérdida masiva de anfibios en varios puntos del planeta. La investigación ha sido publicada en ‘Biodiversity and Conservation’. Leer más.

In the heat of an early evening hour, as I sat motionless, letting as much humidity as possible pass by me in its search of things to adhere to, grandson Toby arrived with his report of the day. Leer más.

Frogs place in culture ranges from the wise, to the prince in disguise. But it’s the idea that a frog can produce life-saving medicine that’s currently the subject of an international research project involving Professor Chris Shaw and colleagues at Queen’s University Belfast, in Northern Ireland. Leer más.

Imagine if your job was to locate extinct species. In 2010, biologists with The Search for Lost Frogs set out on a tropical mission hoping to confirm the existence of frog species not seen in decades. The team recovered proof of four out of a hundred missing species, including a toad among the expedition’s Top Ten Amphibians list. Leer más.