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The Western Cape's natural beauty is under growing threat. A new report from CapeNature paints a stark picture of declining ...
“Notice how the frog is backing up, trying to escape,” Alan Channing, an emeritus professor at the University of the Western Cape who's written several books about frogs, says in an email.
Because fully grown adult micro frogs — endemic to the southwestern section of the Western Cape — are the size of a thumbnail, the process to determine how many of them are in the wetland will ...
This year’s report also spotlights some recent remarkable field discoveries: scientists confirmed a brand-new endemic frog ...
Frog hunting 17 A Cape Sand Toad, ... But what many Capetonians don’t know is that the Western Cape in general and the Cape Peninsula in particular is a hot spot of frog diversity of global ...
Field experts at Bionerds have confirmed two new localities for the endangered Cape platanna expanding the known range for this acidic, black-water, specialist of the Cape lowlands. Saturday ...
Cape Town - Like those who flock from around the country to live in scenic Cape Town, so too did the painted reed frog decide to make a new home in the Fynbos region around 17 years ago. These 3cm ...
Experts have hit out after a “hilarious” video of a screaming Cape Town frog snared thousands of fans around the worldwide. They say the Cape rain frog‚ filmed in Tokai forest‚ is clearly ...
A wide-ranging study of Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland has revealed just how wildlife-rich the area is, with researchers finding more than 260 species, including a new species of frog.