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Plants & Animals Sep 14, 2021

False spring: Climate change may erode frogs' ability to withstand salt pollution

Climate change may erode frogs' ability to withstand road salt pollution, according to researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Materials Science Sep 8, 2021

Using frog foam as an antiseptic delivery system

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.K. has found that the foam produced by a certain kind of frog can be used as an antiseptic delivery system. In their paper published in the journal Royal ...

Plants & Animals Aug 9, 2021

What happens when bats are given three choices?

The next time you see an online offer or go to the grocery store, notice whether there are two choices or three. A common marketing trick is to present three choices: The third choice is designed to shift your attention toward ...

Paleontology & Fossils Aug 6, 2021

Scientists name new frog-legged beetle fossil for Sir David Attenborough

A new frog-legged beetle species, Pulchritudo attenboroughi, or Attenborough's Beauty, was announced today in the scientific journal Papers in Palaeontology. Frank Krell, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Senior Curator of ...

Plants & Animals Aug 5, 2021

Toxin sponges may protect poisonous frogs and birds from their own poisons, study suggests

A team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Stanford University, and the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) has uncovered new clues as to how poisonous frogs and birds avoid intoxicating ...

Plants & Animals Jul 29, 2021

Dead, shriveled frogs are unexpectedly turning up across eastern Australia: We need your help to find out why

Over the past few weeks, we've received a flurry of emails from concerned people who've seen sick and dead frogs across eastern Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

Plants & Animals Jul 8, 2021

During lockdown, opportunity to study zoo animal behavior without visitors

While the UK was in lockdown, certain species of captive amphibians became more visible, a new study suggests.

Materials Science Jul 8, 2021

Biological fireworks show 300 million years in the making

Five years ago, researchers at Northwestern University made international headlines when they discovered that human eggs, when fertilized by sperm, release billions of zinc ions, dubbed "zinc sparks."

Plants & Animals Jul 1, 2021

Rare tadpole is new to science

New collaborative research led by Manchester Museum, part of The University of Manchester, has resulted in the first scientific description of an extremely rare tadpole.

Plants & Animals Jun 16, 2021

Severe perkinsea infection found in captive UK frogs

An international team of researchers has confirmed a severe perkinsea infection (SPI) in captive frogs in the U.K. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the researchers describe the circumstances surrounding ...

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