European female frogs fake their own death to avoid mating with aggressive males
These amphibian ladies will resort to extreme tactics if that means avoiding pestering males.
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Foam produced during mating of tropical frogs could improve drug delivery through the skin
A love-fueled soup produced by tropical frogs may radically change how drugs are delivered through the skin.
Translucent glass frogs use a never before seen novel form of camouflage
Credit: Geoff Gallice, Wikimedia Commons. Glass frogs are famous for their see-through skin that can even reveal the amphibians' internal ...
Meet the goliath bullfrog: the largest living frog on Earth
These beefy amphibians are so strong, they can hurl 2 kg rocks to build their own ponds.
Fungus turns frogs into sex zombies, but then kills off whole species
A new study of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a deadly fungus which affects amphibians worldwide, found that it spreads by making ...
Seven new species of frogs discovered – they’re tiny, and they’re adorable
Seven miniature species of frogs living on seven different mountain tops sounds like the premise for the next Kung Fu ...
Frogs’ huge jumps come from spring-like legs
Frogs are able to leap across huge distances, multiple times greater than their body length, however their leg muscles are ...
Beetle larvae devour amphibian predators – twist of odds in nature
In a classic David vs Goliath scenario, scientists have observed how the Epomis beetle larvae simply devour frogs, several times ...
Scientists find new bugs and frogs in Papua New Guinea
It's always nice when new species are discovered, and this time it was an expedition from Papua New Guinea that ...
