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 ...

A simple, low-cost tool is designed to fight a disease that’s killing frogs. At a park near Canberra, Australia, a series of small white pyramid-shaped boxes are part of a new experiment: Can “frog ...

Certain species of wasps and frogs share a pain and inflammation peptide similar to one found in vertebrates to help defend against predators—a discovery that contributes to a shifting view of how ...

Some wasps and frogs evolved similar chemicals that cause pain in predators, even though the species are not closely related.

The Russian state has long been accused of using exotic poisons to murder its opponents - whether the nerve agent Novichok or radioactive plutonium isotopes. Could Alexei Navalny have been killed by ...

What may sound like a spa day for frogs is all part of a global effort to fight the chytrid fungus — the deadly pathogen responsible for what scientists have called the largest disease-driven loss of ...

Madeleine Finlay sits down with science editor Ian Sample and science correspondent Nicola Davis to discuss three eye-catching stories, including the impact of a powerful psychedelic on depression, ...

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Hanss is part of an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists, chemists, historians, conservators, and materials scientists ...

The science behind the frog poison that allegedly killed Alexei Navalny Sky News understands it is likely the toxin was manufactured in a laboratory rather than actually taken from the frogs. In ...

Scientists and Indigenous guides have found a new frog in the forests of South America. The discovery was made in Peru, and experts say the small animal may already be in danger because its forest ...

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