It’s not easy being green, as a famous frog once sang — and in recent decades, just surviving has become even harder for frogs and other amphibians. They are experiencing a 3.79 percent average annual ...

Amphibians across the tropics are facing a global decline, with disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) playing an especially significant role in losses. According to ...

Amphibians are the most vulnerable vertebrates worldwide, with 41% of species threatened with extinction. Habitat loss is the most common threat, and climate change is the main driver of increased ...

HONEOYE, N.Y. (AP) — On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a wetland cut through by a busy road. As he walks, he scans the pavement for spring peepers, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. By Jim Merkel Jul 18, 2012 Jul 18, 2012 0 Once, wet areas covered the land, more than enough for hopping frogs and slimy ...

Among the many causes linked to amphibian declines, habitat loss and alteration remain the most significant. Lack of federal protection for isolated wetlands has resulted in loss of amphibian breeding ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We conducted a 2-year study of terrestrial habitat use by spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum), blue-spotted salamanders (A. laterale), ...

A federal proposal to make the Sierra Nevada as comfortable as possible for some of their rarest amphibian inhabitants has stirred a backlash from business owners over the economic pain it could cause ...

It's not easy being green, as a famous frog once sang - and in recent decades, just surviving has become even harder for frogs and other amphibians. They are experiencing a 3.79 percent average annual ...