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Long Island Long Island ‘tunnel of love’ gives frogs a safe place to hop to it ahead of mating season By Alex Mitchell Published March 30, 2025, 6:03 p.m. ET ...
Now comes a study about female frogs — and revelations about how the amphibians take "ghosting" to the next level in their world by playing dead to avoid unwanted male interactions. A recent ...
Female European common frogs were observed engaging in "tonic immobility," essentially feigning their own death to avoid mating, according to a study published Wednesday in Royal Society Open Science.
Frogs may hold clue to treatment for deadly viruses Scientists at Tufts University and Harvard University's Wyss Institute have regrown amputated limbs. In a study published in Science Advances ...
Scientists don’t yet know how glass frogs are able to store 90% of their red blood cells in their liver for long periods of time. Jesse Delia via SWNS Further research on the species could ...
Glass frogs do not live a life of modesty. With their semitransparent skin—green on the back, clear on the belly—the tree-dwelling, gummy-bear-size amphibians, which are native to the tropics ...
To some, they’re cute personalities in kids’ movies and books. To others they look slimy and warty. But by taking time to observe, you’ll find that frogs and toads are amazing amphibians.
Life Frogs have acquired DNA from snakes with the help of parasites Horizontal DNA transfer, once thought to be a rare event, has occurred between snakes and frogs at least 54 times in the past 85 ...
Frogs have been shown to reverse their sex in polluted suburban ponds. Now, the same has been shown to happen in more pristine forests.
Certain frogs have some of the biggest eyes of all vertebrates, relative to their body size, which is a significant evolutionary investment that has puzzled zoologists. Now, researchers have found ...