Frogs
Australians building backyard frog hotels after fires kill habitats
Aussie ecologists are hoping people will hop onboard with building backyard frog hotels after the creature's habitat was destroyed in the Victoria bushfires.
The DIY temporary frog accommodation… Video, Audio
Keeping Track of Australian Frogs
We talk to Dr Jodi Rowley is Curator of Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology at the Australian Museum in Sydney about using smart phones to gauge how well frogs have done after the summer… Audio
Frog invasion plagues Papamoa
The tiny hopping amphibians, which let off a high-pitched screech when disturbed, are coming into houses at night, freaking out locals, but warming the hearts of conservation experts. Video, Audio
Illegal frog trade uncovered in Turkey
An illegal trade of frogs for export has been uncovered in Turkey's Cappadoccia region. Athorities there have just released 7 and a half thousand frogs back into the wild after discovering them locked… Audio
Why don't poisonous frogs poison themselves?
Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists brings us the latest from the world of science news and research.This week the global pharmaceutical giant Novartis has just got USFDA approval for a new class… Audio
Science news: Fighting flu with frogs
Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists looks at a way to fight the flu virus using a colourful Indian frog and a super bandage that encourages wounds to heal way faster. Audio
Frog invasion in Papamoa
The Carpenter family of Papamoa has been invaded by frogs. This lead their two-year-old daughter, Sophie, on a great frog hunt. Her Dad, Deon Carpenter, explains what happened. And frog expert… Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week
As Kermit once said "It ain't easy being green", or brown with black markings for that matter, which is the colour of our wee Maud Island frogs. Hopefully things just got a tiny bit easier as this… Audio
Frog sounds
Kirsten Parris of The University of Melbourne is the author of Ecology of Urban Environments (Wiley). She loves frogs and is studying how the noises we humans make affect frog habitats, and even the… Audio
Survivors - New Zealand's tiny native frogs
After 35 years of counting threatened Archey's frog on the Coromandel Peninsula, Ben Bell has seen their numbers crash due to the chytrid fungal disease, and the population slowly recover. Audio, Gallery
Frog that gives birth to tadpoles found
In the depths of an Indonesian rainforest, scientists have identified the first known frog that gives birth to tadpoles instead of laying eggs. Audio
Off the Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne
With the news last week that 44 critically endangered Archey's frogs were found near Whangamata during a survey carried out by an ecological consultancy firm for a gold-mining company, Kennedy talks… Audio
Frozen Frogs
Introduced brown tree frogs can survive being frozen solid, and Kalinka Rexer-Huber and Phil Bishop are finding out how. Audio