Who will fight for the frogs?

Indian herpetologists bring their life’s work to Harvard just as study shows a world hostile to the fate of amphibians.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 23, 2023 ~9 min

Researchers fight to save frogs from extinction

Indian herpetologists bring their life’s work to Harvard just as study shows a world hostile to the fate of amphibians.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Oct. 23, 2023 ~8 min


Glassfrogs hide their blood to sleep in camouflage

Glassfrogs make themselves transparent while they rest by taking red blood cells from circulation and concealing them in their livers.

Michaela Kane-Duke • futurity
Jan. 4, 2023 ~9 min

Frog Can Control Its Blood Flow to ‘Disappear’

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 2, 2023 ~4 min

'Vaccinating' frogs may or may not protect them against a pandemic – but it does provide another option for conservation

Amphibians have been devastated by a chytrid fungus pandemic. Researchers immunized California red-legged frogs in Yosemite to give them a fighting chance at survival, with surprising results.

Andrea Adams, Researcher in Ecology, University of California, Santa Barbara • conversation
Dec. 16, 2022 ~8 min

Frogs in tiny pants gauge sex differences in spatial skills

To test two theories of sex differences in spatial skills, researchers put poison frogs in tiny pants and gave them a spa bath.

Holly Alyssa MacCormick-Stanford • futurity
Dec. 15, 2022 ~11 min

Cane toads bonk their hearts as they swallow

When cane toads swallow their food, a complex pulley system actually butts up against their heart, research finds.

Jerald Pinson-U. Florida • futurity
Nov. 16, 2022 ~7 min

These harlequin frogs aren’t extinct after all

Research with Indigenous communities in Ecuador reveals that up to 32 species of harlequin frog aren't actually extinct.

Michigan State • futurity
Nov. 9, 2022 ~10 min


From radiation to water pollution to cities, humans are now a driver of evolution in the ‘natural’ world – podcast

In this week’s episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with three scientists who study the ways plants and animals evolve in a world dominated by humans.

Gemma Ware, Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation • conversation
Oct. 27, 2022 ~6 min

Ancient frogs in mass grave died from too much sex – new research

Millions of years on. modern frogs and toads still haven’t learnt you can have too much of a good thing.

Daniel Falk, Geology / Palaeontology PhD candidate, University College Cork • conversation
Aug. 22, 2022 ~7 min

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