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- Amphibians press on in the face of disease and climate change . . .
Earth’s amphibians are in serious trouble, but there is still time to save this unique class of animals A study published October 4 in the journal Nature finds that two out of five amphibians
- The Lethal Impact of Roundup® on Aquatic and Terrestrial . . .
The global decline in amphibian diversity has become an international en-vironmental problem with a multitude of possible causes There is evidence that pesticides may play a role, yet few
- Purus-Madeira: journey to the Amazon’s newest deforestation . . .
The moist forest found on both sides of the highway is still understudied, but recent expeditions have confirmed the existence of new species of birds and amphibians The World Wide Fund for
- Between Worlds | Atmos
But there in the grass before me, a heroic journey was unfolding: an eastern newt was slowly making its way to the water’s edge, stalk by stalk, toward another world waiting in the distance Newts are a kind of salamander, one of three orders of amphibians that propagate the planet
- A global assessment of amphibian and reptile responses to . . .
In the end, up to date, there is still no systematic and statistically powerful attempt to synthesize the impact of land-use changes, on amphibian and reptile species richness across different ecosystems around the world
- Identifying and Numbering Amphibian Kinds Results | Answers . . .
Currently it is estimated that there are over 7,000 species of Lissamphibians and at least 32% are being threatened with extinction for a host of reasons including habitat destruction (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources 2012)
- New species of world’s largest amphibian discovered
There are around 5-8 species of amphibians collectively known as Chinese giant salamanders; however, only two have been described They are part of an ancient lineage of amphibians dating back 170 million years and are therefore “living fossils”
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