Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The túngara frog is a creature perhaps easily overlooked. Each ...

Researchers at Penn recently discovered antibiotics derived from the secretions of frogs that can effectively kill bacteria. Led by César de la Fuente, a presidential associate professor at Penn, the ...

The researchers retrieved frog foam from the forests of Trinidad and brought it back to their lab after removing the eggs, hatching them and returning the tadpoles to the wild. Paul Hoskisson On rainy ...

A simple sample of the protective mucus layer that coats a frog’s skin can now be analyzed to determine how susceptible the frog is to disease, thanks to a technique developed by a researcher at the ...

A common West Coast frog, the Pacific chorus frog, may be spreading the deadly fungal infection that is devastating other amphibians, a new study suggests. Not only did the tiny chorus frogs survive ...