Amphibian Populations Seen Dwindling
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Description: A long-awaited assessment of frog, toad and salamander populations around the world finds nearly one-third of species are threatened with extinction.
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Kiwi numbers have declined rapidly over the past century, as populations struggled with the twin threats of shrinking habitat and expanding legions of new predators.
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Eye of newt and toe of frog may one day be gone from witches grog. Indeed, not just frogs and newts but amphibians in general are rapidly becoming threatened worldwide, a new study shows.
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A report released recently by the National Audubon Society indicates a number of bird species are decreasing in number all over the country.
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One of Britain's rarest birds has seen a drastic decline in its population over the last 12 years, a new survey has shown Thursday.
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The risk a power cut is posing to exotic species at Birmingham's National Sea Life centre has receded, say managers.
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A changing climate is forcing some of Britain's less heralded marine lifeforms to move, research shows.
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Scientists find what appears to be a cure for the disease that is wiping out many of the world's frog species.
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Almost a third of the world's amphibian species are confronted by the prospect of extinction, naturalists say.
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Amphibians are experiencing a precipitous decline across the globe, according to the first comprehensive world survey of the creatures, which include frogs, toads and salamanders.
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Amphibians such as leopard frogs and salamanders are threatened with extinction as their homes dry up and a new disease spreads, possibly as a result of global warming, according to a new study in Science magazine.
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A university study shows the population of a tiny endangered owl in northern Mexico has declined by an estimated 26 percent over the last seven years, a finding that environmentalists said bolsters their arguments for greater protection for the bird in Arizona.
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A list of 15,000 species threatened with extinction - many of them by human activity - is published.
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By Michael Babcock Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune  GREAT FALLS, Mont.  -- A 10-year-study of mountain lions by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is winding down, and researchers are almost gleeful with what they believe will be the results.
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The first vertebrate species to begin hopping and crawling on land 350 million years ago may be the first to die out, according to a study released yesterday that found a third of all amphibian species worldwide are threatened with extinction.
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Nearly a third of North America&#39;s birds are in significant decline, signaling degrading environmental conditions and leaving some Florida species hard-hit, according to a report released this week.
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A third of the world&#39;s amphibian species are in danger of extinction, according to the first-ever global survey of the animals.