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

Don't jump to quick(silver) conclusions. In this week's #AWNews Kain et al. (2025) provide evidence that immune response in the presence of methylmercury can be highly variable in wild populations of amphibians. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org

thanks for sharing-- let me check this out-- another Arctos grant??!

All Fired Up? Brooks et al. (2025) recently found that the rare and threatened Florida Bog Frog, Rana (Aquarana) okaloosae, has higher occupancy rates at sites that have regular prescribed fires. These fires mimic their historic cycles. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

DO be square! This week's #AWNews features Brown et al. (2024)'s functional analysis of how Aneides vagrans' square toes help them climb. Read more on the AmphibiaWeb.org home page.

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MediaToolSupportNSF.docx Letter to scientists and organizations whose progress depends on NSF: We are facing an unprecedented political attack on science. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has begun directing NSF...

Toolkit for folks in the US from @sse-evolution.bsky.social
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It's looking like Telmatobius is a genera of good dads. Brunetti et al. (2025) made parental care observations in five, distantly related Telmatobius species and found all of them had male parental care. This #AWNews finding suggests that parental care is a basal trait. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org

This university alliance is training students to strengthen tribal food, energy and water systems - Berkeley News The Native FEWS Alliance, a multi-university consortium led by UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona, is one of hundreds of programs affected by National Science Foundation funding cuts.

The Native FEWS Alliance is a multi-university consortium designed to equip students with the skills to strengthen food, energy and water systems in tribal communities. It is also one of hundreds of programs in jeopardy due to NSF funding cuts. news.berkeley.edu/2025/05/22/t...

The Coyotes of San Francisco (Gift Article) After a long absence from the city, the animals have become ubiquitous again. Some residents find them delightful, but others view them with disdain.

Assistant Professor Christopher Schell and alums @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social and @drpheebs.bsky.social recently spoke to @nytimes.com reporter @heatherknightsf.bsky.social about one of San Francisco’s most polarizing urban residents: coyotes. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...

Tadpole out of Water! Gould et al. (2025) report their observations of Limnodynastes peronii tadpoles resting on vegetation mats and discuss why this might be happening. Read more of this #AWNews on our homepage Amphibiaweb.org

Invasive African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus laevis) can be found in a diversity of waterbodies in Washington state, USA. Emmenegger et al. (2025) discuss why this is a problem and how effective the mitigation efforts have been in this week's #AWNews. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org.

Happy #SciArtSaturday! The Ocean Sunfish is one of the heaviest known bony fishes.⁣ This incredible #SciArt depicts the skeleton of a 3'6" specimen found on a beach in Vejlefjord Denmark in 1878.⁣ ⁣From "Spolia Atlantica" (1898) via Smithsonian Libraries www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13296607 🧪

Another one just added!

Congratulations! one of the nicest staff too!

Love this species!

Have you checked GBIF? are these all invalid? www.gbif.org/occurrence/m...

ah, sorry to hear that-- sending well wishes and outrage on your behalf!