"Frogs control bad insects, crop pests, and mosquitoes. If their populations all over the world collapse, it could be devastating," said UCR microbiology doctoral student and paper author Mark Yacoub.

World Frog Day 2025 presents us with a chance to take action. Across the globe, events will highlight the importance of frog ...

David Bagda (left) and Terry Tolman spray citric acid solution on overgrown brush as part of the Maui Invasive Species Committee coqui frog control program, which is made up mostly by community ...

pest control, alerting us to environmental conditions and making the planet more beautiful." And while frogs and other amphibians may be "overlooked compared to more well-known groups like birds ...

Similar systems regulate cell growth in humans and frogs, and frog research has informed a variety of human diseases, including cancer. Discoveries about nuclear size control in frogs will thus also ...

“Chiricahua leopard frogs face so many threats, but the one we can directly control is cattle grazing,” Bugbee said. “Many of these ponds are absolute cesspools and if they continue to be destroyed ...