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Three mountain yellow-legged frogs perched on a rock.
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Roland Knapp
The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog is recovering in Yosemite, a beacon of hope for amphibian conservation.

Frog populations once decimated by disease mount a major comeback

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Scientists Question Widely Adopted Indicator of Fisheries Health and Evidence for ‘Fishing Down Marine Food Webs'

New Timeline for Appearances of Skeletal Animals in Fossil Record Developed by UCSB Researchers

New Ribbon Worm Named After UCSB Scientist

UCSB Scientists Document How Fishing on Coral Reefs Can Alter Ecosystems

Frontal Lobe of the Brain is Key to Automatic Responses to Various Stimuli, Say Scientists

UCSB Researchers Show How Herbivores Influence Plant Diversity

New Species of Sea Slug Discovered by UCSB Marine Scientist

UCSB Scientists' Innovative Use of Videos Aids Study of Songbird Communication

Parasitic ‘Warrior Worms' Discovered in Snails; UCSB Scientists See Possible Biomedical Applications

Developments in Nanobiotechnology Point to Medical Applications

Worms Point to a Link Between Cellular Glue and Cancer Growth

New Theory about Origin of Life to Be Published by Journal of Theoretical Biology
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