Climate change poses a significant threat to the survival of frog species endemic to Brazil’s Araucaria Forest. Recent studies predict that these species could lose between 35% and 100% of their ...
Thanks to social media, children across the United States are begging their parents to get them an exotic new pet. Axolotls, or Ambystoma mexicanum, are the new superstars of the amphibian world.
“The wetland quickly came alive,” said Lamoureux, “with frog songs signaling the return ... in the riparian zone to provide improved habitat for local wildlife. The restoration of the ...
As such, the newly described species and their habitats are under pressure from ... exploited for traditional medicines and the exotic pet trade, he said. Indeed, several of the new species ...
has led to the loss of viable habitats in and around Lake Xochimilco. But if axolotls are so widely available in both commercial pet stores and laboratory environments, why not simply reintroduce ...