The African clawed frog is an evolutionary marvel — an entirely aquatic species with powerful hind legs, flattened bodies, ...

Following a 7,000-mile-long rescue mission for conservation, 33 tiny Southern Darwin’s frogs ( Rhinoderma darwinii) were born at London Zoo. This species is particularly susceptible to the deadly ...

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The team sampled the frogs’ naturally occurring skin microbes and randomly assigned them to one of six experimental groups: the frogs’ skin microbiomes were either reduced with antibiotics, augmented ...

Johnson (2011). Disease and the extended phenotype: parasites control host performance and survival through induced changes in body plan. PLoS ONE 6: e20193. PDF Johnson, P. T. J. and J. Bowerman ...

Globally, amphibian chytridiomycosis now affects at least 500 amphibian species, making it the most devastating infectious disease known to science. Darwin's frog eggs at London Zoo. Darwin’s ...

Meanwhile, nonnative predators like bullfrogs, fishes and crayfish feast on the frog and fungal disease and global forces — from elevated ultraviolet radiation to pesticides to climate change — also ...

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 ...