Frogs living in remote mountain ponds in the Sierra Nevada are ingesting pesticides used to grow crops 50 to 100 miles away in California’s Central Valley, according to a study by government ...

Accumulation of pesticides in pacific chorus frogs (Pseudacris regilla) from California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2013; 32 (9): 2026 DOI: 10.1002/etc.2308 ...

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But some species, like wood frogs, have adapted to the presence of pesticides. Advertisement However, new research out of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute suggests frogs with a tolerance for ...

The latest evidence: a new study showing that exposure to common pesticides at levels used in farm fields can kill frogs rapidly. Again, this research focuses on what happens to amphibians when ...

Scientists who compared frogs collected over the last 150 years have discovered a dramatic increase in hermaphrodites during the times when contamination from the pesticide DDT and other ...

The pesticide brew in many ponds bordering Midwestern cornfields is not only affecting the sexual development of frogs, but is making them more prone to deadly bacterial meningitis, according to a ...

The research, led by Binghamton University, showed that wood frogs that evolved increased tolerance to pesticides showed greater susceptibility to a dangerous virus, although they also ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 6, 2013) A federal district court approved a settlement Monday requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to better protect California red-legged frogs from seven common ...

Though the California red-legged frog recently earned sweeping federal protection from habitat destruction, researchers from UC Davis and California State University, Sacramento, have found new ...

Frogs exposed to a mix of pesticides at extremely low concentrations such as those widely found around farms suffer deadly infections, suggesting that the chemicals could be a major culprit in the ...

Pesticides commonly used in California's Central Valley, one of the world's most productive agricultural regions, have been found in remote frog species miles from farmland. Writing in ...