Runoff blamed for jump in deformed frogs
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The growing number of deformed frogs in recent years is caused at least partly by runoff from farming and ranching, new research indicates.
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Â· Falling branch injures three on school trip  Â· Accident happened as pupils built woodland den
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters â is under way.
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It hardly seems fair, but water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators might harm their species more than help, new research suggests.
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By CLIFTON ADCOCK  But after a recent collapse at a Big Splash ride, state officials may require it for water slides.
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A BBC film crew captures footage of a rare frog waving, wrestling and courting for the first time.
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By DAVID POWELL  A DUMMY was yesterday hurled 60ft into a rock-strewn river then "rescued" to highlight the danger of bridge jumping at a North Wales beauty spot.
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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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By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jan. 30--Federal wildlife officials have halted review of a $110 million water project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, effectively sending planners back to the drafting table on a project they considered vital to water quality.
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By Tony Spinelli, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Jun. 3--MONROE -- The salamanders wriggled and splashed in the plastic container as a group of 10-year-old boys crouched beside it in the woods near Webb Mountain Park.   The boys, including 10-year-old Tyler Schiumo, were enthralled.
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Most of last night's high school football slate in the Washington area was postponed because of the continued rains.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida -- The owner of a wildlife sanctuary was injured by a 160-kg Siberian tiger when the animal was startled by a 14-year-old boy, officials said yesterday.
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Hundreds of thousands of poisonous baby cane toads invaded an Australian national park on Friday, hopping around in such numbers that the ground seemed to move, an ecologist said.
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Researchers investigating catfish eggs that have a strange purple color have discovered heavy-metal water pollution that is being examined as a possible cause for the phenomenon.
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The Rocky Mountain jumping mouse can jump a little freer. The head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it may yet get to keep its federal protection.
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It hardly seems fair, but new research suggests that water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators may harm their species more than help.
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ROCK BLUFF, Fla. - A woman was injured over the weekend by a leaping sturgeon, the latest incident involving the flying fish on the Suwannee River, officials said.