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Ring in the new year by reading Lemierre et al. (2025)'s findings on anuran prehistoric past in this week's #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Ring in the new year by reading Lemierre et al. (2025)'s findings on anuran prehistoric past in this week's #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
Happy New year from AmphibiaWeb to you! See our home page at AmphibiaWeb.org for a message from our directors. And thank you for your support over our 25 years of existence.
December 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Happy New year from AmphibiaWeb to you! See our home page at AmphibiaWeb.org for a message from our directors. And thank you for your support over our 25 years of existence.
The majority of amphibians have broad generalist diets, so what won't a frog eat? See this week's #AWNews on work by Sugiura and Kohei (2025), who investigated the effectiveness of wasp pseudostingers as an antipredator tool at AmphibiaWeb.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The majority of amphibians have broad generalist diets, so what won't a frog eat? See this week's #AWNews on work by Sugiura and Kohei (2025), who investigated the effectiveness of wasp pseudostingers as an antipredator tool at AmphibiaWeb.org
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AmphibiaWeb Winter 2025 Newsletter
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December 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The new AmphibiaWeb newsletter is out. Read it here. mailchi.mp/273198f7b9a4...
In this week's #AWNews González-Santoro et al. (2025) explains how sexual selection answers the paradox of polymorphism in the aposematic signaling of Oophaga pumilio. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In this week's #AWNews González-Santoro et al. (2025) explains how sexual selection answers the paradox of polymorphism in the aposematic signaling of Oophaga pumilio. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org
What's worse for frogs, wildfire or floods? Bieri and Rowley (2025) address this question in this week's #AWNews. See the summary at AmphibiaWeb.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What's worse for frogs, wildfire or floods? Bieri and Rowley (2025) address this question in this week's #AWNews. See the summary at AmphibiaWeb.org
In this #AWNews, Lu et al. (2025) present a chromosome-level genome for O. rhodostigmatus to better understand the ontology and gene expression color and eyesight. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In this #AWNews, Lu et al. (2025) present a chromosome-level genome for O. rhodostigmatus to better understand the ontology and gene expression color and eyesight. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org
Moretta-Urdiales et al (2025) explored 101 canopy bromeliads to help us understand where frogs live. Read more of about their findings in this week's #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Moretta-Urdiales et al (2025) explored 101 canopy bromeliads to help us understand where frogs live. Read more of about their findings in this week's #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
Following up on our #AWNews about Xenopus in Washington State, Duvall et al. (2025) identify where there impact is strongest in Salmon conservation. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Following up on our #AWNews about Xenopus in Washington State, Duvall et al. (2025) identify where there impact is strongest in Salmon conservation. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org
Can lungless tadpoles get their lungs back before metamorphosis? Find out in this week's #AWNews featuring Phillips et al. (2025) at AmphibiaWeb.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Can lungless tadpoles get their lungs back before metamorphosis? Find out in this week's #AWNews featuring Phillips et al. (2025) at AmphibiaWeb.org
Here's two small grant opportunities (due dates in Dec):
Burke Museum Study Grant: www.burkemuseum.org/collections-...
Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference Travel Grant: utconferences.eventsair.com/third-gard-c...
Burke Museum Study Grant: www.burkemuseum.org/collections-...
Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference Travel Grant: utconferences.eventsair.com/third-gard-c...
Collections Study Grants
Collections study grants provide financial assistance for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers to study the collections of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (UWBM).
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November 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Here's two small grant opportunities (due dates in Dec):
Burke Museum Study Grant: www.burkemuseum.org/collections-...
Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference Travel Grant: utconferences.eventsair.com/third-gard-c...
Burke Museum Study Grant: www.burkemuseum.org/collections-...
Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference Travel Grant: utconferences.eventsair.com/third-gard-c...
In this week's #AWNews, see how leeches are used in vertebrate conservation assessment. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In this week's #AWNews, see how leeches are used in vertebrate conservation assessment. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org
This week's #AWNews features Fuchs and Rödel's (2025) documentation of egg-burying behavior and hatching plasticity in Ecuadorian Pristimantis latidiscus. Read the full report at AmphibiaWeb.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This week's #AWNews features Fuchs and Rödel's (2025) documentation of egg-burying behavior and hatching plasticity in Ecuadorian Pristimantis latidiscus. Read the full report at AmphibiaWeb.org
Shen et al. (2025)'s investigation of the co-evolution between Asian newts hosts and parasitic water mites found newt parasitism has multiple evolutionary origins. Read the details of this #AWnews at AmphibiaWeb.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Shen et al. (2025)'s investigation of the co-evolution between Asian newts hosts and parasitic water mites found newt parasitism has multiple evolutionary origins. Read the details of this #AWnews at AmphibiaWeb.org
Genetic threats, such as hybridisation and introgression, are often overlooked in conservation planning. Check out this week's #AWNews on AmphibiaWeb.org to see how Liu and Rowley (2025) address this issue when one parental species is a threatened endemic!
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Genetic threats, such as hybridisation and introgression, are often overlooked in conservation planning. Check out this week's #AWNews on AmphibiaWeb.org to see how Liu and Rowley (2025) address this issue when one parental species is a threatened endemic!
This week's #AWNews features a study by Paluh et al. (2025) that examined the developmental-genetic mechanisms underlying tooth formation in frogs and tested whether a rudimentary dental program is activated in the lower jaw. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org.
October 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This week's #AWNews features a study by Paluh et al. (2025) that examined the developmental-genetic mechanisms underlying tooth formation in frogs and tested whether a rudimentary dental program is activated in the lower jaw. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org.
Color me surprised! Waldron et al. (2025) studied the evolutionary consequences polymorphism in Plethodonts using a complete phylogenomic tree of of the family paired with morphometric analyses. She the results of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Color me surprised! Waldron et al. (2025) studied the evolutionary consequences polymorphism in Plethodonts using a complete phylogenomic tree of of the family paired with morphometric analyses. She the results of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
Feeling blue? A citizen scientist asked about blue (axanthic) frogs, leading to a pandemic-era internship project to explore the spatial, phylogenetic, and temporal prevalence of axanthism in frogs lead by Drs. Molly Womack and Rayna Bell. Read the results this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Feeling blue? A citizen scientist asked about blue (axanthic) frogs, leading to a pandemic-era internship project to explore the spatial, phylogenetic, and temporal prevalence of axanthism in frogs lead by Drs. Molly Womack and Rayna Bell. Read the results this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
How does Chytrid affect a species' role in it's ecosystem? Read this week's #AWNews on Scheele et al. (2025) work at AmphibiaWeb.org to find out.
September 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
How does Chytrid affect a species' role in it's ecosystem? Read this week's #AWNews on Scheele et al. (2025) work at AmphibiaWeb.org to find out.
An impressive study by Donnellan et al. (2025) provides a near-comprehensive phylogenetic tree for a major clade of frogs that occur across Australia, New Guinea, and many islands in the adjacent Indo-Australian Archipelago. Read More about this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
An impressive study by Donnellan et al. (2025) provides a near-comprehensive phylogenetic tree for a major clade of frogs that occur across Australia, New Guinea, and many islands in the adjacent Indo-Australian Archipelago. Read More about this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
The process to become a troglodyte is being illuminated in our latest #AWNews. Read how Tovar et al.'s use a radiation of paedomorphic Brook Salamanders (Eurycea) to study the molecular and developmental basis of eye loss at AmphibiaWeb.org.
September 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The process to become a troglodyte is being illuminated in our latest #AWNews. Read how Tovar et al.'s use a radiation of paedomorphic Brook Salamanders (Eurycea) to study the molecular and developmental basis of eye loss at AmphibiaWeb.org.
The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused amphibian declines worldwide, but its history and impacts in Africa are less well understood. Kouete et al. (2025) contributes to our knowledge of this disease in the region in this week's #AWNews on the AmphibiaWeb.org homepage.
August 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused amphibian declines worldwide, but its history and impacts in Africa are less well understood. Kouete et al. (2025) contributes to our knowledge of this disease in the region in this week's #AWNews on the AmphibiaWeb.org homepage.
Nori et al. (2025) investigates a Anuran Data Deficit: tadpole descriptions. Their analyses suggest strategically focusing on 0.25% of Earth’s terrestrial surface could reveal more than half of the undescribed tadpoles. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
August 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Nori et al. (2025) investigates a Anuran Data Deficit: tadpole descriptions. Their analyses suggest strategically focusing on 0.25% of Earth’s terrestrial surface could reveal more than half of the undescribed tadpoles. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
A reminder that the application for the Future For Nature Awards 2026 is open until August 25th 23:59 (CEST). See the link for more information futurefornature.org/apply/
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August 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A reminder that the application for the Future For Nature Awards 2026 is open until August 25th 23:59 (CEST). See the link for more information futurefornature.org/apply/
Carrillo et al. (2024 & 2025) report new intriguing female parental care via chemical stimuli that cause tadpoles to aggregate and follow females. Check out AmphibiaWeb.org for more on this #AWNews
August 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Carrillo et al. (2024 & 2025) report new intriguing female parental care via chemical stimuli that cause tadpoles to aggregate and follow females. Check out AmphibiaWeb.org for more on this #AWNews