<![CDATA[amphibian crisis news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[New cures for human ailments under threat by global extinction crisis]]> Medicine Man, a researcher in the Amazon discovers a cure for cancer in a rare ant. However, a logging company arrives at the wrong moment and, despite protestations from the main characters, the company destroys the tract of rainforest where the ant once survived.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0424-hance_biodiversity.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0424-hance_biodiversity.html <![CDATA[No global warming link to dying frogs?]]> in the global decline of amphibians. Writing in the March 25 issue of PLoS Biology, a team of researchers led by Karen Lips of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale report finding "no evidence to support the hypothesis that climate change has been driving outbreaks of amphibian chytridiomycosis" -- a disease blamed for large-scale die-offs of amphibians. Other researchers have argued that climate shifts are worsening the outbreak of the fungal disease.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0325-frogs.html Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0325-frogs.html <![CDATA[Rare jewel-colored frog rediscovered in Colombia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0313-frog.html Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0313-frog.html <![CDATA[Half of Madagascar's amphibians may still await discovery]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0311-hance_andreone_interview.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0311-hance_andreone_interview.html <![CDATA[A Doomsday Vault for Frogs?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-frogs.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-frogs.html <![CDATA[The Panamanian golden frog declared extinct by BBC Natural History crew]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0204-hance_frog.html Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0204-hance_frog.html <![CDATA[New research refutes global warming's influence on amphibians' worst enemy]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0130-amphibians_morgan.html Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0130-amphibians_morgan.html <![CDATA[Photos: Top 100 most threatened amphibians named]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0121-hance_amphibians.html Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0121-hance_amphibians.html <![CDATA[Three salamander species discovered in Costa Rica]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0107-hance_costa_rica.html Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0107-hance_costa_rica.html <![CDATA[As amphibians leap toward extinction, alliance pushes "The Year of the Frog"]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1231-frogs.html Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1231-frogs.html <![CDATA[Migrating frogs fare poorly when habitat altered]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1219-amphibians.html Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1219-amphibians.html <![CDATA[Physicists join fight to save amphibians from extinction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1120-frogs.html Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1120-frogs.html <![CDATA[Amphibian extinction may be worse than thought]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1031-frogs.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1031-frogs.html <![CDATA[As colorful frog leaps toward extinction, experts look for clues]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1029-frog.html Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1029-frog.html <![CDATA[Scientists find treatment for killer frog disease]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1029-frogs.html Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1029-frogs.html <![CDATA[Two new species of salamander discovered in Panama]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0909-salamanders.html Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0909-salamanders.html <![CDATA[Scientists meet in Hungary to discuss saving dying frogs]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0827-frogs.html Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0827-frogs.html <![CDATA[Frog killing diseases worse than thought in California]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0806-frogs.html Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0806-frogs.html <![CDATA[Global warming may be key factor in frog deaths]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0530-amphibians.html Wed, 30 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0530-amphibians.html <![CDATA[Scientists find possible cure for global amphibian-killing disease]]> Pedobacter cryoconitis, a bacteria found naturally on the skin of red-backed salamanders, wards off the deadly chytridiomycosis fungus, an infection cited as a contributing factor to the global decline in amphibians observed over the past three decades.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0523-amphibians.html Wed, 23 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0523-amphibians.html <![CDATA[Climate change leaving amphibians behind in extinction race]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0430-amphibians.html Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0430-amphibians.html <![CDATA[Frogs avoid damaging UV-B radiation, reducing extinction risk]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0418-frogs.html Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0418-frogs.html <![CDATA[Bad news for frogs; amphibian decline worse than feared]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0416-frogs.html Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0416-frogs.html <![CDATA['Ark' aims to save amphibians from extinction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0215-frogs.html Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0215-frogs.html <![CDATA[$400-Million Initiative Proposed to Address Amphibian Crisis]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0709-frogs.html Sun, 09 Jul 2006 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0709-frogs.html <![CDATA[Frog extinction crisis requires unprecedented conservation response]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0706-frogs.html Thu, 06 Jul 2006 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0706-frogs.html <![CDATA[Climate change is killing frogs finds new research]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0111-frogs.html Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0111-frogs.html <![CDATA[Conservation scientists want $404 million to save disappearing amphibians]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0920-frogs.html Tue, 20 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0920-frogs.html <![CDATA[Toad on brink of extinction, scientists race to study for bioactive compounds]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0629-kihansi_spray_toad_extinction.html Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0629-kihansi_spray_toad_extinction.html