Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, have solved a hundred-year-old mystery of how some fossil frogs ...

The team sampled the frogs’ naturally occurring skin microbes and randomly assigned them to one of six experimental groups: the frogs’ skin microbiomes were either reduced with antibiotics, augmented ...

The next time you declare that you are “freezing to death,” spare a thought for the wood frog who gets so cold in winter that ...

Like many amphibians, the European brown frog produces a range of peptides on its skin, substances that can fend off harmful microbes and prevent infection. This skin—with its intricate mixture ...

and Greening's frog (Corythomantis greeningi). Both are found in Brazil and produce skin secretions like other poisonous frogs - but these species have spiny bone protrusions that make their poison ...

Primarily found in freshwater systems, the fungus effects the skin of frogs, stealing nutrients and breaking down cells. Since amphibians do some of their breathing and regulate water and salt ...

The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. All can breathe and absorb water through their very thin skin. Amphibians also have special skin glands that produce useful ...