Black rats in Australia have developed a genetic mutation that’s linked with resistance to common rat poisons. And there’s ...

A study analyzed the DNA of feral dogs living near Chernobyl, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found ...

It is the same tactic as a creature that tricks away danger through camouflage.” The frog, specifically the Surinamese toad, known as the Pipa Pipa, in Colombia, appears hidden throughout a ...

Tadpoles are to frogs as oranges are to apples ... “A lot of times you have a mutation but it can be compensated for by other proteins,” he said. “Cancer is that way. You make one mutation ...

The frogs inhabit marshes ... the whole population is changing toward having these more favorable genetic mutations.” Researchers decided to implement an ambitious plan to save the species.

If researchers can identify individuals carrying the genetic mutations driving this adaptation, they may be able to help other struggling frog populations grow. “We’re at a critical point ...

“It’s one of the most beautiful frogs I’ve ever seen.” The blue variation is thought to be the result of a rare mutation called axanthism, Sayers told Mongabay. Normally, green-colored ...

Ideally, frogs will evolve mutations to resist the disease. That's where piecemeal solutions like frog saunas come in: They keep animals alive long enough to adapt to the pathogen—a "kind of a ...

Scientists at the AWC believe this is the first recorded instance of a blue colour mutation in this frog. All living things - from humans, to animals, to plant life - have genes, which are made up ...

(CNN) — Scientists in Western Australia have found a tree frog which is bright blue, rather than the usual green, due to a rare genetic mutation. The blue magnificent tree frog was spotted in ...

Researchers in Australia spotted a magnificent tree frog with blue skin — the result of a rare genetic mutation called axanthism, which suppresses yellow pigments that usually tint the frogs green.