Bombardier beetles are known for their feisty response to predators. When confronted, the insects blast their adversary with a boiling-hot secretion of noxious chemicals. If they get swallowed anyway, ...
As I had mentioned a few columns back, this first full week in May is the start of spring for me. And what a start it has been: Bluebells hit peak bloom, a full moon greeted us with bats feeding under ...
Southern Georgia has a rich frog fauna (about 25 species) and the breeding calls of these amphibians resound through the night during wet weather. This year I have received numerous reports from ...
Steve McQuilkin of The Fort Myers News-Press captured this sound of the invasive, toxic cane toads in his Cape Coral neighborhood. C. A. Bridges Fort Myers Florida animals available for adoption Trial ...
Frogs and toads fill the air with a loud chorus on summer evenings, especially following wet weather. But you may have to see them with your ears! Our house cat, Socks, sits on a window ledge next to ...
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For Two Days Each Year, These Drab Brown Toads Turn a Dazzling Neon Yellow—and Scientists Finally Know Why
Most of the year, male Asian common toads are a dull, muddy brown color. But when the first monsoon rains begin drenching their homes in India and southeast Asia, signaling the beginning of the frogs’ ...
It might not quite qualify as an extremophile like the mighty tardigrade that seems basically invincible, but the bombardier beetles studied by Japanese researchers at Kobe University manage to ...
As the sun descends behind sand dunes and wind-carved escarpments, central Qatar’s Al Rayyan region gets a reprieve from the intense heat of day. In the calm of twilight, a once-foreign sound emerges: ...
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