East Rock seventh graders Leia and Lesly suited up in gloves and eye protection to pierce through the unexpectedly tough skin ...

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

Dry environments can cause the skin to stick, making it harder for the frog to shed completely. Use a hygrometer to monitor the tank’s humidity, ensuring it stays within the ideal range for your ...

But frogs may yet hold clues to killing pain. At least one frog does deploy an opioid: the waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii), whose skin is laced with the peptide dermorphin. Although the ...

Wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) are generally around 3 inches long with brown or grey bumpy skin. Their distinguishing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Detecting how much toxin has been produced would be invaluable information for a frog to have, which could also potentially explain why they have so many bitter receptors on their skin ...