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Toronto Zoo is not only a zoo, it is also one of Ontario's main sources of knowledge for nature conservancy activities. Last Saturday, Toronto Zoo hosted its fifth yearly event for people participating in the Adopt-A-Pond programme.
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The pea-sized amphibian found living associated to little pitcher plants in the forests of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, is the smallest frog in the Old World and one of the world’s tiniest.
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Researchers of Ecuador have discovered a new species of frog at the Condor Mountain Range. Pristimantis minimus has been described as the smallest terrestrial vertebrate in Ecuador, and competes in tininess with other South American miniature frogs.
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A pesticide regarded as one of the most closely studied and safest, atrazine, is used on corn crops throughout the world. Recent research indicates that it can 'chemically castrate' frogs and may have the potential to have the same impact on humans.
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Wal-Mart customer Carla Hill bought a bag of mustard greens at a Wal-Mart in Longview, Tx. Upon pouring the greens in a pot, Hill saw "eyes in her greens." The eyes belonged to a dead frog. Wal-Mart is going to reimburse her for that purchase.
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When an Ormond Beach, Florida man popped open a can of Pepsi recently the last thing he expected to be gulping down were the remains of a gutted frog.
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The signs in London’s Piccadilly Circus burst into life last night with the appearance of a new animated rainforest frog. Coca-Cola and McDonald’s simultaneously launched new graphics.
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A giant bullfrog in Johannesburg, South Africa may be the first ever to undergo broken leg replacement surgery. The 25-year-old amphibian named Brullie was adopted and taken to a vet where, after hesitation, the successful procedure was performed.
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A frog species, the Armoured Mist Frog , not seen for the past 17 years, has been found in a remote location in Far North Queensland.
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Like something out of a horror movie, a team of Harvard biologists has discovered a frog that breaks its own bones to produce claws. So what is this biological trait for, and how does it work?
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Critically endangered green-eyed frogs from Costa Rica take up residence in a shipping container in Cheshire.
Critically endangered frogs that were reintroduced to the Caribbean island of Montserrat are surviving, say conservationists.
Critically endangered green-eyed frogs from Costa Rica have taken up residence in a shipping container in the Cheshire countryside.
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