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What makes a frog a marsupial? Inside nature’s strangest parental gamble

Quick Take Boulenger’s backpack frog carries eggs in a dorsal pouch on its back instead of dropping them into water. This ...
The Scientist

Freeze-Tolerant Frogs Power Organ Cryopreservation Strategies

Frogs that freeze themselves solid in the winter and thaw in the spring inspired methods to extend the storage time for ...
IFLScience

Hairy Frog: The Wolverine Frog That Breaks Its Bones To Make Claws When Threatened

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
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Why do these female frogs play dead?

She’s just not that into you” isn’t a sentiment that male European common frogs seem to understand—at least not during ...
Forbes

This ‘Frog From Hell’ Had The Bite Of A Wolf And Likely Ate Dinosaurs — A Biologist Explains

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the Cretaceous forests of ancient Madagascar, one frog ...

Poison Frog Puzzle Solved After Decades of Confusion

A decades-old mix-up in a museum collection led scientists to mistakenly identify a Peruvian poison frog as a new species.
The Washington Post

First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.

ALTOS DE CAMPANA NATIONAL PARK, Panama — Brian Gratwicke’s lunch box was full of frogs. Kneeling on the muddy rainforest floor, the biologist opened his red Coleman cooler and scooped one up. It was a ...
Live Science

Fungus is wiping out frogs. These tiny saunas could save them.

Our purpose-built "frog saunas" allow amphibians to warm up in winter and bake off chytrid infections. You can even DIY and build a frog sauna for your own backyard with our step-by-step guide. When ...