A new study has identified the smallest species of fanged frogs in Southeast Asia, with unique characteristics such as terrestrial egg-laying and male egg guarding.…
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Scientists discover a ‘toxin sponge’ protein in poison dart frogs that safely stores dangerous alkaloids, offering potential new approaches for treating human poisonings. (Artist’s concept.)…
False color scanning electron microscopy image of zebra finch feather showing the feather cortex (in blue) and melanosomes (melanin-rich granules, in orange). Scale bar indicates…
Michigan State University doctoral student Kyle Jaynes shines a light on a harlequin frog rediscoveries in Ecuador. Credit: Alex Achig-Vega Through literature review and fieldwork,…
Extremes of the color gradient of the Eastern San Antonio frog (Hyla orientalis). On the left, a specimen captured in Chernobyl inside the high contamination…
A new treatment helped frogs regenerate their amputated legs – taking science one step closer to helping people regrow their body parts, too. Our bodies…
Frogs briefly treated with a five-drug cocktail administered by a wearable bioreactor on the stump were able to regrow a functional, nearly complete limb. For…
A study detected unprecedented mortality in the Atlantic Rainforest among tiny frogs that live on land, with signs of infection by chytrid fungus. The episode…
The golden poison frog, Phyllobates terribilis. Credit: Chris Wellner, Smithsonian’s National Zoo A team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Stanford…
Some frog species have teeth while others are toothless. Still others have a combination of true teeth and toothlike structures. The Solomon Island leaf frog,…
This image shows frog embryos in eggs. Credit: Nicolas Mathevon It’s well known that reptiles depend on temperature cues while in the egg to determine…
The new species, Rhombophryne ellae, is well camouflaged among the rainforest leaflitter. Credit: Mark D. Scherz Despite the active ongoing taxonomic progress on Madagascar’s frogs,…