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Cane Toad Holy Grail
06-Jun-07
SCIENTISTS have discovered cane toad kryptonite _ a virus which could well and truly wipe out the toad menace right across Australia.
Mutant cane toads threaten WA and SA
28-Mar-07
Cane toads have long been spreading through the Australian tropics, but new research suggests that people in Perth and Adelaide may soon be forced to reach for the golf club
Monster horny toad on rampage in Darwin
27-Mar-07
A cane toad the size of a small dog has been nabbed in the middle of a "breeding frenzy" in a Darwin suburb.
Taronga Zoo contributes to 'Ark'
20-Feb-07
Find out how Taronga Zoo has been contributing to Frog Conservation
Amphibian Ark Planned to Save Frogs
20-Feb-07
Scientists from around the world have met to organize a worldwide effort to stem frog deaths by asking zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens to take in threatened frogs until the fungus can be stopped.
Japan confirms first cases of Chytrid fungus
17-Jan-07
At least five frogs have died in Japan's first confirmed cases of a fungal infection linked to sharp reductions in amphibians in other parts of the world.
Beavers and their dams may help frog conservation
17-Jan-07
The dam-building beaver may contribute to conserving declining populations of amphibians through the creation of wetland habitat.
Flying Frogs
11-Jan-07
Tadpoles generally do not fly but a recent batch of first-time fliers are heading to Puerto Rico in an attempt to save their own species in the wild.
Citizens of Darwin join up to halt march of the poison toad
11-Jan-07
Small groups of people are sneaking around the streets of Darwin at night, armed with torches and plastic bags. They are "toad busters" - committed to ridding the city of its newest arrivals; Cane Toads
Chester Zoo aims for 21st Century Ark
11-Dec-06
Zoos are playing more of a role as a safe haven to critically endangered species as the threat of global warming presents the biggest planetary crisis since the Ice Age.
Toads on march to the south
11-Dec-06
THE nation's cane toad plague could engulf Melbourne, western Tasmania, Perth and the outskirts of Adelaide, according to the latest government projections of the pests' relentless spread.
Sri Lanka's rainforests fast-disappearing but hope remains
14-Nov-06
Find out more about the multiple challenges facing Sri Lanka as they attempt to conserve their unique naive forests which contain around 2% of the world's frog and toad species.
Many new species discovered in PNG
14-Nov-06
A zoologist roaming the wilds of Papua New Guinea has found dozens of frog species previously unknown to science
Houston Zoo contributes to Golden Frog Conservation Effforts
30-Oct-06
Zookeepers from Houston Zoo have haunted the cloud forests of Panama for months, trying to save the revered Panamanian golden frog from a ruthless fungus slowly making its way southward, suffocating virtually all amphibians in its path.
Global warming fuels fungal toad-killer
25-Oct-06
The first evidence of a species decline from a disease linked to climate change has been shown by European researchers
Frogs' legs are their undoing
25-Sep-06
North American bullfrogs are helping to wipe out their European relatives, albeit unwittingly. Worldwide trade in the live frogs for their legs seems to be spreading a lethal fungal infection.
Zoos Contribute to Frog Conservation
19-Sep-06
Saving the Frogs: The new frog exhibit at Henry Vilas Zoo becomes a leader in combating amphibian species loss through education and captive breeding.
Australia's native species threated by ecological decline
30-Aug-06
The Australian Terrestrial Biodiversity Assessment found that riparian zones are declining over 73 per cent of Australia threatening the survival of many native species including amphibians
Loss of natural habitat is likely the principal cause of frog declines
23-Aug-06
Since the early 1980s, frogs have generally become less plentiful than they once were in Ontario and in other parts of Canada. Loss of habitat seen as key cause.
Help, before they croak!
23-Aug-06
THANKS to our living habits, we may soon live in a world devoid of frogs and their amphibious friends