When a Service member suffers a traumatic injury or acute infection, the time from event to first medical treatment is usually the single most significant factor in determining the outcome between saving a life or not. First ...
Biochemistry
Mar 5, 2018
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FIU biologist Alessandro Catenazzi went in search of vanishing frogs in the Amazon. What he found was an entirely new species.
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2018
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In the end, Romeo the lonesome Bolivian frog found more love than he could have imagined.
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2018
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With Valentine's Day approaching, please spare a thought for Romeo the lonesome Bolivian frog.
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2018
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A study led by Ph.D. candidate Mr K. S. Seshadri from the Department of Biological Sciences at the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Science has revealed that male white-spotted bush frogs (Raochestes chalazodes) ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 8, 2018
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When it comes to sex, frogs, just like in people, exhibit a similar XX (female) and XY (male) sex chromosome pattern of inheritance.
Evolution
Jan 30, 2018
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Once abundant in Southern California, the foothill yellow-legged frog inexplicably vanished from the region sometime between the late 1960s and early 1970s. The reasons behind its rapid extinction have been an ecological ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2018
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Why are some hybrids viable and others not? It is known that this depends on the father species and the mother species. New research in two related frog species shows the influence of mother and father species: One hybrid ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2018
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A series of synthetic chemicals widely used in household products, food packaging and clothing have a significant effect on the development of frogs, even at low doses, according to a Purdue University study.
Environment
Nov 17, 2017
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Post-doctoral researcher Andrés Posso-Terranova and his former supervisor José Andrés have found evidence that a single gene called MC1R controls the deep black color on the skin of these poisonous frogs. The researchers ...
Evolution
Nov 15, 2017
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