Long before winter seals the forest under ice, certain frogs begin preparing for a transformation that defies basic biology.

This video examines a toxic frog whose most dangerous trait is often misunderstood. The footage explores its biology and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. It looks dead for months, its body packed with ice. But ...

Scientists have identified the protein that helps poison dart frogs safely accumulate their namesake toxins, according to a study published today in eLife. The findings solve a long-standing ...

Researchers discovered that a poison frog species described decades ago was based on a mix-up involving the wrong museum ...

If you were one of those folks who didn’t really like to cut into frogs in biology class, you can easily relate with this software: V-Frog, virtual-reality-based frog dissection software. V-Frog ...

A healthy frog has been spotted with a tiny mushroom sprouting from the side of its body, the first time such a growth on live animal tissue has been observed. Naturally, it completely stunned ...

With just a flick of her finger, Warkentin has demonstrated a phenomenon that is transforming biology. After decades of thinking of genes as a “blueprint”—the coded DNA strands dictate to our cells ...

La Trobe University academics have developed a non-invasive way to monitor hormones in frogs in an important step towards protecting the vulnerable animals from extinction. Global frog populations are ...

College students know senior year means hours spent working toward the future. However, for University of Dayton senior Madeline Brinkman, working toward the future meant first diving millions of ...

Several round plastic containers rest on a surface, and each contains a small, striped frog. Juvenile Australian southern corroboree frogs at the University of Melbourne laboratories Credit: Tiffany ...

A newly identified protein helps poison dart frogs accumulate and store a potent toxin in their skin which they use for self-defence against predators. Scientists have identified the protein that ...