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

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

Watch: Tiny frogs can’t stick the landing

A group of tiny frogs are so small they lose control when jumping, ungracefully pirouetting through the air before coming in for a crash-landing.

U. Florida • futurity
June 17, 2022 ~7 min

Killer amphibian fungal infections differ based on species and place

New research sheds light on an frog-killing pandemic. "...when it comes to chytrid infection, the most important things are where you live and who you are."

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
Feb. 17, 2022 ~9 min

‘BioDome’ filled with 5-drug cocktail regrows lost frog leg

Frogs briefly treated with a five-drug cocktail administered by a wearable bioreactor were able to regrow a functional, nearly complete limb.

Mike Silver-Tufts • futurity
Feb. 2, 2022 ~8 min

Only this one kind of frog has legit teeth

Scientists weren't sure if a rare frog species, Gastrotheca guentheri, had real teeth, so they zoomed in on some froglet jaws to find out.

U. Florida • futurity
Nov. 24, 2021 ~7 min


Only this one kind of frog has legit teeth

Scientists weren't sure if a rare frog species, Gastrotheca guentheri, had real teeth, so they zoomed in on some froglet jaws to find out.

U. Florida • futurity
Nov. 24, 2021 ~7 min

Tropical clawed frogs invade Florida’s Tampa area

Once mistaken for a different species, reasearchers have confirmed that a frog found in a Florida backyard is actually the invasive tropical clawed frog.

Brad Buck-Florida • futurity
April 9, 2021 ~6 min

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