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• I Has A New Camera

  
  AJCs Virtual Frogroom — Authority: 111
  So Ive been playing around with it, just to try it out. I didnt take too much care with these snaps (or clean the glass). Put the slideshow on full screen to see the big versions:
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• Scientific literature update

  
  AJCs Virtual Frogroom — Authority: 111
  Theres been some interesting work about chytrid published in the scientific literature recently, so I thought Id do a roundup. You may not be able to access these papers, so Ive added a one line take home message for each one: Global emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and amphibian chytridiomycosis in ...
  2 days ago

• Popular, Unusual and Rare Lizards of the Family Iguanidae

  
  That Reptile Blog — Authority: 120
  Hello, Frank Indiviglio here.  Classified within the family Iguanidae we find some of the most the world’s most popularly kept lizards, such as the Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) and the Chuckwalla (Sauromalus obesus).  As we will see, this diverse group is also populated by a number of oddities as well - rare ...
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• Turtle expert to speak at Binder Park Zoo

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 443
  Binder Park Zoo Binder Park Zoo and Brigham Audubon Society are welcoming special guest speaker David A. Mifsud, owner and founder of Herpetological Resource and Management, on Wednesday November 11th at 7:00 p.m. for a presentation titled “Conservation of Turtles in Michigan.” This is the second lecture of ...
  5 days ago

• The kaiseri saga

  
  AJCs Virtual Frogroom — Authority: 111
  My group of Neurergus kaiseri are still continuing to lay regularly , but Im having problems raising any offspring. For a start, the adults have turned into ravenous egg and larvae eaters, so unless Im quick, nothing survives for long. This is quite different from my previous experience with this species, where I ...
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• The Red List Grows Longer

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 734
  The IUCN Red List details the state of the planets threatened species. Long story short, the lists latest update paints a pretty dire picture, one forecasting extinctions that extend far beyond the poster animals gracing your World Wildlife Fund Christmas ...
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• Bitterns and other London birds

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 445
  This is a video of a bittern in winter. From Wildlife Extra : Bitterns and large flocks arriving at WWT London 03/11/2009 18:02:35 Bumper flock of wintering birds at WWT November 2009. The first bittern of the season was seen flying over WWT London Wetland Centre on 16 October, earlier than ever. It ...
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• Muscle Extracted from 18 MYO Salamander Fossil

  
  The Dragon's Tales — Authority: 132
  The scientists claim that their discovery is unequivocal evidence that high-fidelity organic preservation of extremely decay prone soft tissues is more common in the fossil record - the only physical record of the history of life on earth. Previous examples of soft tissues fossilised in this way have been limited to ...
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• Another amphibian extinction

  
  AJCs Virtual Frogroom — Authority: 111
  Kihansi spray toad goes extinct in the wild : This years IUCN Red List has updated its assessment of the Kihansi spray toad, moving the species from Critically Endangered to Extinct in the Wild. With that another amphibian species has been lost to a combination of habitat loss and the devastating amphibian disease, ...
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• Kihansi spray toad goes extinct in the wild

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 138
  This years IUCN Red List has updated its assessment of the Kihansi spray toad, moving the species from Critically Endangered to Extinct in the Wild. With that another amphibian species has been lost to a combination of habitat loss and the devastating amphibian disease, the chytrid fungus. The Kihansi spray toad ...
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• How to save the frogs

  
  Animal News: Animal Planet — Authority: 421
  A great barred frog with severe chytridimycosis, a fungal disease killing many amphibians around the world/Copyright (c) 2009 Lee Berger An invasive and virulent fungus has devastated frog and other amphibian populations around the world over the past decade.  Scientists identified the chytrid fungus ...
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• American Alligators Establish Long-Term Pair Bonds – Research Update

  
  That Reptile Blog — Authority: 120
  Hello, Frank Indiviglio here.  Today’s update, while concerning an animal not suited as a pet (the American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis) will I’m sure will be of interest to all who keep or study reptiles.  Scientists from the Savannah River Ecology Lab, working with alligators in Louisiana’s ...
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• 03 November, 2009 – This Week in Science

  
  This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast — Authority: 106
  Observing Life, Dumpin’ Punkins, Smell of Doom, Driving Bad, the Teapot Effect, Ancient Blasts, Demoting Dinosaurs, Fishy Movements, The Minion Mailbag, and Much More!
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• Over 17,000 Animals Near Extinction

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 734
  A rare tree frog, a mudfish and lizards are among the more than 17,000 species threatened by extinction, according to a leading environmental group.
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• Global extinction crisis gathers momentum

  
  NatGeo News Watch — Authority: 430
  The 2009 update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species shows that 17,291 species out of the 47,677 assessed species are threatened with extinction, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature said today. Under threat of extinction: 21 percent of all known mammals 30 percent ...
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• One third of all amphibian species in danger

  
  AJCs Virtual Frogroom — Authority: 111
  Telegraph.co.uk Flying frog and mountain mouse among new species in danger of going extinct Telegraph.co.uk Already the golden toad from Costa Rica has gone extinct and hundreds of brightly coloured treefrogs in the Amazon are endangered. ... Lizards, rodent, frog added to endangered ...
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• 82 sea turtles hatch without human help at SeaWorld

  
  L.A. Unleashed — Authority: 638
  The population of endangered green sea turtles at SeaWorld in SanDiego grew by 82 in October when the eggs hatched on Shipwreck Beachwithout human help. There hasnt been such happy turtlenews at SeaWorld since 2003, when 21 sea turtles got an assist frompark staff, said Tim Downing, assistant curator of fishes. ...
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• Are these salamanders doomed?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 652
  I found three salamanders under a trash can sitting on the cement walk next to my house. Is there anything I can do to increase their chances of survival through the winter? The trash can is filled with leaves, and will be left in place through most of the winter. It might get moved around once, though, if we have ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fanged frog, giant rat, and more found in Papua New Guinea

  
  Animal News: Animal Planet — Authority: 421
  A fanged frog ( Mantophryne sp) discovered in Papua New Guineas remote Bosavi volcano crater Credit Allen Allison Last week I talked about the amazing animal discoveries in Asias Mekong delta, and heres the other promised story about an amazing expedition to the "lost world" of Papua New Guineas Bosavi ...
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• No way! Man caught smuggling pythons and lizards taped to his body in Norway

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 443
  Imagine the surprise of Norwegian customs official Helge Breilid when he randomly searched the luggage of a young man arriving from Denmark and found a tarantula. The creepy discoveries didn’t stop there. Breilid then began searching the 22-year-old Norwegian and found 10 albino leopard geckos and 14 baby royal ...
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