[PatrickHenry]

With all this anti-evolution chatter, I thought I'd present what seems to be an example of natural selection in action today. A whole bunch of newly-discovered frog species seem to be well-adapted to surving the environmental problems that are killing off their cousins.

The majority of these lay eggs that undergo what is known as terrestrial direct development. In this process, the eggs incubate on land before the frogs hatch as miniature adults, skipping the tadpole stage completely. Such growth could help explain why these animals have persisted, the scientists suggest, because many of the factors thought to be responsible for the decline of frog populations are particularly dangerous to water-based young.
Scientists Spy Dozens of New Frog Species in Sri Lanka.

No magic involved. Just mutation, environmental changes, and good old natural selection.

[VadeRetro]

Sri Lankan frogs have learned how to skip the tadpole stage and are thus adaptively radiating where other frog species were dying off a decade before. Hmmmmm.

But THAT DOESN'T MEAN ... blah blah blah! </creation_mode>

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Cool.

[gore3000]

Scientists Spy Dozens of New Frog Species in Sri Lanka.

So what? They found some supposedly new species of frogs in Sri Lanka by doing an exhaustive search. That's why they did the search is it not? To discover something new. Why this should be considered evolution is only in your eyes.

BTW - unScientific American again shows the total stupidity of its editorial staff. It is a wonder these idiots even got a high school diploma. They state as one of the reasons for considering these frogs as new species:

By comparing the specimens to Sri Lankan samples stored in museums around the world and analyzing differences in appearance, genetics and behavior (including the animals's telltale croaks).

How can you tell the 'croak' of a frog that has croaked?

[AndrewC]

No magic involved. Just mutation, environmental changes, and good old natural selection.

On the other hand it could be that the scientists are changing the "evidence".

By comparing the specimens to Sri Lankan samples stored in museums around the world and analyzing differences in appearance, genetics and behavior (including the animals's telltale croaks), the scientists identified 120 new species.

[Junior]

The adaptation of the frogs to their environments through mutation and natural selection disproves evolution as do all scientific observations and discoveries over the past 150 years. So sayeth Pope Gore MMM, whose bull is infallible on all subjects spiritual and temporal.