In 1921, Otto Loewi woke from a dream with the idea for an experiment that proved nerves communicate using chemicals, not just electricity. By showing that stimulating one frog’s heart released a ...

At a park near Canberra, Australia, a series of small white pyramid-shaped boxes are part of a new experiment: Can “frog ...

As global diversity continues to decline due to a range of factors, amphibians have been particularly hard hit by infectious diseases. A pernicious fungal disease called chytridiomycosis, more ...

Tracy Rittenhouse, associate professor of natural resources and the environment in UConn’s College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR), was doing an experiment to study ranavirus ...

A bacterium living quietly in the intestines of a tiny tree frog has done something cancer researchers spend careers chasing: it wiped out established tumors in mice with a single treatment. The ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Green and golden bell frogs used to be so common in Sydney ...

Our purpose-built "frog saunas" allow amphibians to warm up in winter and bake off chytrid infections. You can even DIY and build a frog sauna for your own backyard with our step-by-step guide. When ...