John Bateman, a wildlife professor, holds a spring peeper Friday, March 28, 2025, in Honeoye, N.Y. (AP Photo/Maryel Pryce) John Bateman, a wildlife professor, holds a spring peeper Friday, March ...

Habitat loss, climate change make it tough to be an amphibian — but there’s help (Editor’s Note: This story is a collaboration between Rochester Institute of Technology and The Associated ...

The U.S. Geological Survey calls amphibian declines “a global phenomenon” and one that’s been underway in the U.S. since at least the 1960s. The agency said populations are dropping almost 4 ...

HONEOYE, N.Y. (AP) — On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a wetland cut through by a busy road. As he walks, he scans the pavement for spring ...

HONEOYE, N.Y. (AP) — On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a wetland cut through by a busy road. As he walks, he scans the pavement for spring peepers, ...

Outside the Serbian capital, LGBTQ+ activists are campaigning for more tolerance and better healthcare access and against discrimination – shadowed by the constant threat of violence. “Novi ...

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