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View Article  Frog Blog (week 8) And then there were None

No sign of Tadpoles in the Pond

Spring has finally arrived and we have been enjoying a period of settled, warm weather with temperatures up to 20 Celsius (not bad ...   more »

View Article  Birds can Detect Predators by Sense of Smell

New Study Demonstrates that Birds can "Smell a Rat"

Many animal species detect and avoid predators by smell, but this ability has largely been ignored in the study of birds, ...   more »

View Article  Frog Blog Week 7 - Where have all the Tadpoles Gone?

Frog Blog Week 7 - Disappearing Tadpoles

Typical April weather for England has continued over the last seven days or so, with lots and lots of showers interrupted by occasional ...   more »

View Article  Frog Blog Week 6 - Jelly beginning to go

Jelly beginning to Go

The tadpoles continue to disperse throughout the pond. They have formed two distinct groups with one group staying close to the protective jelly.   more »

View Article  Frog Blog Week 5 - Tapoles nearly all Hatched
Frog Blog week 5 - Nearly all Tadpoles Hatched

Lots more activity with the tadpoles this week, the majority of them have now hatched.   more »

View Article  Frog Blog Week 4 - Tadpoles starting to Hatch

The Tadpoles have begun to Hatch

The frog spawn in the pond has started to hatch, we have our first tadpoles.

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View Article  Man saves Wife from Crocodile

Woman is saved from Crocodile by Real-life "Crocodile Dundee"

A husband saved his wife from an attack by an 8 foot Saltwater crocodile.

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View Article  The Tuatara has a Surprise in its Genes

The Tuatara is the fastest-known Evolving Animal

A team of researchers have identified the rare Tuatara as the fastest evolving animal yet to be fully studied, at least at the ...   more »

View Article  Frog Blog - Week 3 - Our Little Black Commas

Frog Blog - Week 3

The Frog spawn is showing signs of life, the eggs have developed into little black commas.   more »

View Article  Frog Blog Week 2 - The Tiny Black Dots

Frog Blog Week 2 - Tiny Black Dots - no movement yet

We have been keeping a careful watch on the frog spawn in the office pond.  The frogs spawned ...   more »

View Article  Frog Blog - We have Frog Spawn in the Office Pond!

Frog Blog - We have Frog Spawn in the Office Pond!

Four years ago whilst some of us were away in Canada working on some palaeontology projects in Canada arrangements ...   more »

View Article  Living Fossil Helped back to New Zealand Mainland
Living Fossil - gets help Re-locating to New Zealand Mainland A team of Scientists have introduced more Tuatara to a special reptile sanctuary near Wellington.   more »
View Article  Welcome to the Holocene - How to define a Epoch
How the death of a dolphin led us from Sabre Tooth Cats to defining what marked the Holocene epoch.   more »