More than ten frog generations have lived and died since the accident, suggesting that a very fast process of natural selection — radiation killing green frogs — may explain why dark frogs are ...

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 its heart stops beating – but it does not die. Once the spring ...

Very small frog species can absorb water fast, but they also dry out quicker in hotter climates, the researchers point out, whereas larger frogs can hold on to water better but take longer to ...

"More than ten generations of frogs have passed since the accident and a classic, although very fast, process of natural selection may explain why these dark frogs are now the dominant type for ...

A tiny frog from Borneo was thought to be the only known frog species with no lungs – but it turns out they do have lungs after all. In 2008, a team led by David Bickford at the National ...

“And these frogs don’t prepare for their landing at all; they sort of just belly flop. They don’t retract their legs fast enough to immediately jump again” from the surface.

Frog 'saunas' a lifeline for endangered frog populations. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 06 / 240626151905.htm ...

KUFFLER et al.1–3 have shown that in the frog there are two very distinct types of skeletal muscle fibres; one, the more common, is capable of generating spikes and giving twitches; while the ...

Spending Winter With a Wood Frog. Wood frogs experience very little of the winter because they are frozen solid for the ...