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Elodie toto, bbc news, kinshasa. we are all being affected by climate change — but there are fears many species around the world wont be able to adapt quick enough. well, in a world—first laboratory trial, a group of scientists in australia have mixed populations of frogs to produce tadpoles more adaptable to changing weather patterns. let's talk to associate professor nicki mitchell, from the university of western australia who worked on the trial. great to have you on newsday. i got to ask, why frogs and why have you mixed to this population or these populations of frogs in particular?â€...

The trial was carried out on the crawling frog — they rely on damp soil to rear eggs in south—western australia — a region experiencing lower and lower rainfalls every year. associate professor nicki mitchell from the university of western australia worked on the trial. she told me why her team of scientists had chosen this particular type of frog. frogs are one of the world's most threatened groups of animals and climate change is a problem for them if the water is going to become less available. so many parts of the world are drying and in australia where i am in the south—west we ha...

In a world-first laboratory trial reported in Communications Biology, a research team at The University of Western Australia have mixed populations to