In just five years, In Situ Ecosystems has built and outfitted terrariums that are designed to enable you to easily create rainforest habitats. [...]
Care and Breeding Fire-bellied Toads
Fire-bellied toads are not true toads, but rather are frogs that average about 1.5 to 3.5 inches (4 to 9 cm) in length. [...]
Zoo Med Large Double Door Paludarium Review
The Zoo Med Large Double Door Paludarium is a stunning display piece and makes for a stand-out addition to any reptile or aquarium room. [...]
Gut Loading Feeder Insects And Why It’s Important
There is a difference between feeding the insects for your reptile’s nutrition and feeding the insects for their nutrition. [...]
Keeping and Breeding Red-eyed Treefrogs
Red-eyed treefrogs are fairly easy to house – lucky you! These animals do not get exceptionally large but do require a bit of room as adults. [...]
Boreal Toad Tadpoles Discovered At Colorado Reintroduction Site
The toad has experienced decline due to factors such as the chytrid fungus, which is devastating amphibian populations around the world. [...]
Critically Endangered Gigantes Limestone Frog Successfully Bred For First Time In Captivity
Project Palaka announced the frogs began hatching October 17. Currently there are 21 neonates and all are voracious eaters. Photo by Project Palaka [...]
More than 1,000 Hellbenders Hatched This Fall At St. Louis Zoo
Of the 1,333 hatchlings, 583 came from eggs brought to the facility by the Missouri Department of Conservation. [...]
Lau’s Leaf Litter Toads: Female On Top During Mating, Study Says
In February 2010, the researchers watched as a pair of Tau's leaf litter toads engage in amplexus, or when the male grasps the female at the back. [...]
Researchers Discover Australian Barred Frog Species In New South Wales
Mixophyes australis is closely related to Mixophyes balbus, the Stuttering Frog [...]
Ormat Technologies Sues USFWS Over Dixie Valley Toad Listing
The toad is the smallest toad within the western toad species complex and was only recently described by science in 2017 [...]
New Leptobrachella Frog Species Discovered In China
Leptobrachella verrucosa is found in rocky streams with clear water surrounded by broad-leaved forests. [...]
Cane Toad Tadpoles In Australia Cannibalize Younger Tadpoles
Researchers in Australia have discovered an interesting trait in invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina) tadpoles in Australia not seen in their native S [...]
ALERT: Bill to Add Herps and Fish to the Animal Welfare Act
This will add reptiles, amphibians, fish, and cephalopods “as animals” under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), meaning the USDA must develop new regulatio [...]
High Numbers Of Red-Backed Salamanders Found In Northeastern U.S. Forests
The researchers estimate that there are about 5,300 salamanders in every football field-sized patch of forest in the northeastern United States [...]
Researchers Give Nausea To Australian Crocodiles To Prevent Cane Toad Ingestion
In an effort to reduce mortality of the apex predators, scientists have trained the crocodiles to avoid ingesting cane toads by giving them an upset s [...]
Northern Quoll Genetically Engineered to Resist Cane Toad Toxins
Since the introduction of the cane toad in the 1930s, the population of the northern quoll has dropped by 75 percent. [...]
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