The sparks of metal atoms may protect against double fertilization. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Whether you're a frog or a ...

One of Europe's most common backyard frogs has been keeping a secret that, despite centuries of study and thousands of published papers, has only now been discovered in ponds in the Pyrenees.

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Frogs and other amphibians lay eggs, but mammals give birth to live young, right? Not always. A newly described species of frog gives birth to live tadpoles, and is the only known frog to do so, ...

Scientists have never seen anything quite like this before. It’s a newly discovered species of fanged frog that gives direct birth to live tadpoles instead of laying eggs. It isn’t that rare for ...

A new study has revealed that male white-spotted bush frogs dedicatedly guard their fertilized eggs from other cannibalistic male frogs and predators. The study confirmed that the adult male ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract During the first cell cycle, the vegetal cortex of the fertilized frog egg is translocated over the cytoplasm. This process of cortical ...

I saw the most amazing thing in my friends’ yard the other day. It was a hot, dry day. The asphalt on her driveway was hot and dry as well - not the place for a worm (there were a few of those baked ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – A large, clawed frog is helping Oregon Health and Science University researchers better understand how the rare genetic disorder Fanconi anemia leads to DNA damage that typically ...

A new frog mating position, only the seventh type ever observed, has been discovered in the monsoonal forests of India. Bombay night frogs (Nyctibatrachus humayuni) mate by having the male straddle ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. A frog that breeds in the hollows of trees and feeds its young its own unfertilized eggs has been rediscovered ...