﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>frogs news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more frogs stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/8522/frogs.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 7:19:05 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/68488/soda-drinker-finds-frog-in-his-throat.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Soda Drinker Finds Frog in His Throat</title><description>A Florida man who found a frog in his can of Diet Pepsi wants the company to jump forward with an apology, CNN reports. The man started gagging after taking a swig from the can, his wife says, and found something heavy remained inside the can after he emptied it...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/68488/soda-drinker-finds-frog-in-his-throat.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 4:12:59 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/61273/hue-changing-frog-worshiped-as-god-in-india.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Hue-Changing Frog Worshiped as God in India</title><description>A frog that changes colors from white to green to gold is being worshiped as a god in India, reports the Telegraph . The creature was discovered in a flower garden and has drawn hundreds of worshippers to its home in western India. "It seemed like a miracle to me that...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/61273/hue-changing-frog-worshiped-as-god-in-india.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 5:23:36 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/58482/endangered-frogs-flee-fungus-by-airplane.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Endangered Frogs Flee Fungus by Airplane</title><description>Scientists are airlifting dozens of mountain chicken frogs off their Montserrat island home to save them from the deadly fungus overtaking their habitat, the AP reports. The 2-pound frogs are endangered, in part because locals once ate them as a delicacy. The frog is said to taste like—what else?—...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/58482/endangered-frogs-flee-fungus-by-airplane.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 12:45:01 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/54039/greenies-push-safe-froggy-sex-with-hook-up-pad.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Greenies Push Safe Froggy Sex With Hook-Up Pad</title><description>Frogs have a new reason to leap for joy: a hotel specially designed to allow them to mate in peace and safety, NPR reports. Scottish environmentalists opened the Frog Hotel two weeks ago to protect the amphibians from predators. Frogs “are slowly coming out of hibernation, and the first thing...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/54039/greenies-push-safe-froggy-sex-with-hook-up-pad.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:02:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/40133/frog-pizza-storms-london.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Frog Pizza Storms London</title><description>London restaurant chain Eco has animal-rights activists hopping mad over its newest pizza, the Sun reports. Called “The Hopper,” the pie contains 8 frogs legs with capers and anchovies. British group Animal Aid is urging a boycott of Eco because harvesters of frogs’ legs usually cut them off while the...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/40133/frog-pizza-storms-london.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:00:01 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/38445/half-of-europes-frog-species-may-croak.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Half of Europe's Frog Species May Croak</title><description>Half of all of Europe's amphibian species could be doomed to extinction within the next few decades, scientists warn. Habitat loss and climate change are already wiping out huge numbers of frogs, toads, newts and salamanders, the Independent reports. The situation has been exacerbated by a skin disease that has...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/38445/half-of-europes-frog-species-may-croak.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 3:49:34 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/32307/even-toughest-toads-are-being-unmanned.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Even Toughest Toads Are Being Unmanned</title><description>The mystery of the hermaphrodite toads may be solved: Researchers have found that various chemicals used in farming are linked to sex changes in certain amphibian species, the Independent reports. In a population of cane toads, 40% of males had developed feminine coloring and ovaries, and an additional 20% had...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/32307/even-toughest-toads-are-being-unmanned.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:40:47 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/28906/biology-class-is-no-cut-up-for-us-kids.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Biology Class Is No Cut-Up for US Kids</title><description>More biology students are ducking icky frog and fetal pig dissections by doing them on computers, the AP reports. Animal rights activists, thrilled that 14 states let kids skip dissections, are helping get the interactive programs to schools. One West Virginia group donated software to a high school that spends...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/28906/biology-class-is-no-cut-up-for-us-kids.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:59:53 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/28332/toad-venom-aphrodisiac-kills-nyc-man.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Toad Venom Aphrodisiac Kills NYC Man</title><description>New York City officials warned people today to avoid a toad venom-based aphrodisiac that recently killed a man, the AP reports. The illegal love drug, often sold as Jamaican Stone or Chinese Rock, is harmful whether ingested or applied to the skin. "There is no definitely safe way to use...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/28332/toad-venom-aphrodisiac-kills-nyc-man.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 21:25:08 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>