NPR's Short Wave tells about an ambitious plan to protect monarch butterflies from climate change, new research about a massive ocean migration, and seven new frog species found in Madagascar.

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Hiking through the dense rainforest of Madagascar, scientists heard a series of “otherworldly” sounds. The “somewhat bizarre” ...

Scientists have discovered seven new species of tree frogs in the lush rainforests of Madagascar. These small amphibians make strange, high-pitched whistling sounds that sound a bit like the sound ...

Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology.

But really, moose are fairly free of predation," he said. After a few years of planning and looking for funding, the park created its tree planting program last year, getting 120,000 saplings in the ...

A palm-like, evergreen tree eventually reaching up to 10m tall with an unbranched trunk topped with a fan-shaped crown of dark green leaves arranged in a single plane. The leaves are long-stalked, ...

A palm-like shrub, usually grown as a houseplant, with an upright stem terminating in two or more branches. These bear dense clusters of long, very narrow leaves in dark green edged with cream with a ...

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A new Deadlock anti-cheat lets opponents turn hackers into literal frogs as punishment mid-match to make them absolutely useless. Ever since its reveal, Deadlock hasn’t had a proper anti-cheat ...

There's also some irony in this winning image, given that the bearded dragon is trying its best not to stand out as it blends into the rough bark of a eucalyptus tree trunk. But photographer ...