Early in development, many animals pick a team — male or female — based on their genetics, and, with time, acquire the characteristics to match. New research from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL ...
Newly discovered proto-amphibian, Kermitops (USNM PAL 407585) from the Department of Paleobiology collections at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. The species is named ...
Why are frogs diverse in some parts of Africa’s rainforests and less so in others? The patterns of cooling and glaciation ...
Research into sex chromosome evolution in reptiles and amphibians has unveiled a remarkable diversity in the mechanisms governing sex determination. Both genotypic sex determination (GSD) and ...
In nature, the ability to survive is usually determined by an organism’s speed, camouflage, and poison. However, one frog ...
The Outside Story discusses how frogs emerge in spring, braving dangerous road crossings and warming temperatures.
Even within a single species, animals don't all respond in the same way to environmental changes. A new study of reed frogs in East Africa reveals that understanding these differences could be key to ...