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A healthy frog has been spotted with a tiny mushroom sprouting from the side of its body, the first time such a growth on live animal tissue has been observed. Naturally, it completely stunned scientists.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: … Continue reading Frog sprouts mushroom, stumps the science world
In the wild world of nature, where an organism’s sole aim is to succeed at passing on their genes at any cost, it’s not surprising many species have aggressive, and even deadly, mating behaviors.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Frogs, Re… Continue reading Croak it: Female frogs fake death to avoid sex with unappealing males
Glassfrogs are so-named because when they sleep, they turn their bodies transparent in order to evade predators. Scientists have now discovered that they do so by moving their red blood cells into their liver – and the finding could have implications f… Continue reading Glassfrogs turn transparent by moving red blood cells into liver
Evolution is the result of environmental pressures forcing species to adapt, and few environments exert pressures like the Chernobyl exclusion zone. A new study has revealed evolution in action as frogs within the radioactive region seem to be turning … Continue reading Evolution in action as frogs in Chernobyl exclusion zone turn black
Chronic diabetic skin ulcers are notoriously slow to heal, but an otherwise-wasted material may soon help change that. Scientists at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a new regenerative wound dressing, and it’s made from… Continue reading Waste frog skin could be used to help heal chronic wounds
After losing a limb, animals like axolotls have the amazing ability to regrow a fully functional replacement, while most other creatures can only look on in envy. But in a breakthrough new study, scientists have demonstrated how a single dose of a drug… Continue reading Drug cocktail regrows frog legs in regenerative medicine breakthrough
If the idea of living robots made out of frog cells isn’t quite weird enough for you, how about living robots made out of frog cells with the ability to reproduce? These first-of-a-kind “Xenobots” are not just a marvel of modern bioengineering that cou… Continue reading Self-replicating Xenobots represent new form of biological reproduction
The people of Singapore consume a lot of fish, and – perhaps surprisingly to some of us – a lot of frog meat. Scientists have now developed a method of converting the waste from both foods into a material that helps bone to regrow.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Discarded fish scales and frog skin used to make bone repair material
A number of hearing aids are now able to amplify one person’s voice while filtering out distracting background voices. Well, it turns out that female tree frogs are able to perform a similar task, in order to hear the mating calls of males.Continue Rea… Continue reading Female tree frogs found to use their lungs for noise cancellation
It can be hard to determine if an animal is extinct or just really good at hiding, especially for already-elusive creatures like frogs. But now, researchers have demonstrated a new way to track lost species by searching for their loose DNA in the envir… Continue reading DNA study rediscovers frog species lost to science for 50 years