Certain species of wasps and frogs share a pain and inflammation peptide similar to one found in vertebrates to help defend against predators—a discovery that contributes to a shifting view of how ...
Wood frogs are highly dependent on environmental conditions to determine whether they are active. After fattening up during ...
The discovery shines a light on what has, until now, been an underappreciated feature of evolution which suggests life is not so random after all.
New genetic research suggests a common Southeast Asian frog long believed to be one species could actually be six or seven distinct ones.
In 1921, Otto Loewi woke from a dream with the idea for an experiment that proved nerves communicate using chemicals, not just electricity. By showing that stimulating one frog’s heart released a ...