Articles for Houston zoo

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press Writer Sat Oct 11, 1:47 PM ET NEW ORLEANS - Pick up a Mississippi gopher frog and it covers its eyes with its forefeet, like someone afraid to see what's coming next. And for at least a decade, it's had a good reason not to look. ADVERTISEMENT if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new ...

KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press Writer Thu Sep 11, 3:25 AM ET SYDNEY, Australia - A tiny frog species thought by many experts to be extinct has been rediscovered alive and well in a remote area of Australia's tropical north, researchers said Thursday. The 1.5 inch-long Armoured Mistfrog had not been seen since 1991, and many experts assumed it had been wiped out by a devastating fungus that struck northern Queensland state. But two months ago, a doctoral student at James Cook ...

Tue Jun 24, 6:02 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 11 species of African frogs carry a built-in concealed weapon -- they can sprout claws on demand to fight off attackers, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. When threatened, the frogs can puncture their own skin with sharp bones in their toes that they then use to claw their attackers, David Blackburn and colleagues at Harvard University reported. "It's surprising enough to find a frog with claws," Blackburn, a graduate ...

Saturday, June 14, 2008 Royal Oak Students rally to save frogs They donate money to zoo's conservation center Shawn D. Lewis / The Detroit News ROYAL OAK -- Emily Joyce is fond of frogs and hopes to save them from extinction. Her seventh-grade class at Larson Middle School in Troy recently presented a $500 check to the Detroit Zoo's National Amphibian Conservation Center. "I really want to help save the frogs because they make the world a better place," said Emily, 13, of Troy.  ...

The Budgett's frog had two fangs and screamed, so, of course, producers of the 30-second television spot touting the Frog Bog at the Newport Aquarium named it Psychofrog. "He tries to bite you," said Greg Newberry, president of O'Bryonville-based Animal Instinct Advertising, which has launched a multimedia advertising campaign for the Newport Aquarium. • Hear the frogs OAS_AD('ArticleFlex_1'); '); } // --> document.write(""); #smabe a:link{color:#ffffff;}#smabe ...

Ross Eastgate 18Apr08 HANDSOME, a 20-year-old tree frog gave photographer Aldwyn Altuney more than she bargained for at a media launch. HANDSOME, a 20-year-old tree frog gave photographer Aldwyn Altuney more than she bargained for at a media launch. Handsome is Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary's Year of the Frog ambassador and was appearing at the launch of Inkspot Printers' super new printing press. As soon as Aldwyn had taken her photo, Handsome leapt at her, the first time he had ...

By Tyler Dunham Times & Transcript Staff Published Friday April 11th, 2008 Appeared on page B3 A new book by a local author will have dinosaur-crazed kids looking for their own gigantic reptilian pets. Paul Burns of Riverview will be launching his first children's book, Owen and the Dinosaur, at the Magnetic Hill Zoo on April 12. With each sale of the book, $1 will be given to the zoo's "Year of the Frog" project. "We wanted this launch to be about the story. The zoo seemed like ...

He's been dubbed Popeye the frog but would he have been more appropriately called Porky? Because it seems there's been at least one porky thrown about in the story that an Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog was found in a sealed bag of spinach at a Woolworths supermarket. Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary distributed a media alert this morning spruiking the amazing tale of survival of the little frog, saying a customer noticed the frog sealed inside the plastic bag when she was unpacking her groceries. ...

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Altering the landscape of the summer classical music scene, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's critically acclaimed, cutting-edge music festival 8 Days in June returns to the Max M. Fisher Music Center, June 13 through 21, 2008. The second annual festival will explore the theme "The Power of Change." Approaching this subject from a variety of perspectives each day, the programming encompasses classical, chamber and jazz music as well as drama, spoken word, film, lectures and visual art ...

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- A frog has been found in a remote part of Indonesia that has no lungs and breathes through its skin, a discovery that researchers said Thursday could provide insight into what drives evolution in certain species. The lungless frog is said to be the first of its kind known to science. The aquatic frog Barbourula kalimantanensis was found in a remote part of Indonesia's Kalimantan province on Borneo island during an expedition in August 2007, said David ...

It's just like the fairytale: a beautiful girl offers to pucker up to a very special little frog.

93 Mississippi gopher tadpoles produced using in-vitro fertilization

Cooking classes cover wide range of topics By Bernice Torregrossa Contributor Published April 2, 2008 Cooking tips on everything from knife-sharpening to Mother’s Day breakfast are on the agenda at Baybrook Mall’s Williams-Sonoma ...

Wild About Wine Saturday, April 5, 2008 7pm - 10pm Wine enthusiasts and animal lovers are invited to attend Wild About Wine, a benefit to raise funds for the Galveston Chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers (GCAAZK). The event is scheduled for April 5 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm at Moody Gardens Aquarium Pyramid. An animal-themed silent auction and special appearances from aquarium and rainforest animals are among the ...

Phillip Matier,Andrew Ross Wednesday, March 19, 2008 It's not often two endangered species, golf and sex all wind up in the same story - but here we go. For months now, golfers out at the Sharp Park Golf Course, owned by San Francisco but located in Pacifica, have had to put up with a lagoon-sized puddle on the back nine. The puddle, a leftover from winter rains, happens to be a breeding ground for both the threatened red-legged frog and the San Francisco garter snake, which is one of ...

By RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Writer Mon Mar 3, 8:16 PM ET WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A rare and threatened species of tiny frog has been found breeding in a New Zealand animal park, meaning its future may now be more secure, researchers said Monday. The 13 finger nail-sized Maud Island froglets were discovered clinging to the backs of full-grown male frogs at the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in the capital Wellington, said researcher Kerri Lukis. The frogs are normally found ...

Frog and toads have emerged as leading predictors of the state of the earth's ecosystem

The first booroolong frogs to be bred in a zoo have been released back into the wild in NSW, in a bid to boost their numbers.

It was the biggest, baddest, meanest froggy ever to have hopped on Earth.