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Category: frogs

amphibians / blood vessels / camouflage / frogs / livers / Science and Technology

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.

amphibians / frogs / navigation / Science and Technology / spatial skills

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.

amphibians / frogs / navigation / Science and Technology / spatial skills

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.

food / frogs / Science and Technology / tongues

Cane toad tongue hits heart when it swallows

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

food / frogs / Science and Technology / tongues

Cane toad tongue hits heart when it swallows

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

amphibians / conservation / Earth and Environment / Ecuador / extinction / frogs / indigenous people

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.

amphibians / conservation / Earth and Environment / Ecuador / extinction / frogs / indigenous people

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.

amphibians / balance / Earth and Environment / evolution / frogs

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.

amphibians / Earth and Environment / frogs / fungus / infections

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.”

frogs / regenerative medicine / Science and Technology / stem cells

‘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.

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