What kinds of projects were turned in for science fairs in 1969? How about "Dissection and experimental surgery on grass frogs?" Or one that studies the effects of acceleration on fish? According to a ...

Although science often advances through tried-and-tested methods, sometimes scientists have to find creative ways to test ...

Our purpose-built "frog saunas" allow amphibians to warm up in winter and bake off chytrid infections. You can even DIY and build a frog sauna for your own backyard with our step-by-step guide. When ...

In the film Jurassic Park, dinosaur DNA is extracted from mosquitoes which had been preserved in amber. Now, scientists have discovered an amber fossil of a juvenile frog in present-day Myanmar dating ...

A Japanese beetle survives being eaten by a frog more than 90 per cent of the time by squeezing out of its predator's rectum. Incredible footage shows a small aquatic beetle being squeezed from the ...

Frogs with a mutation that gives them darker skin have become more common around the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine following the catastrophic 1986 nuclear disaster, a study has revealed. Normally, ...

Learn how an unconventional folk cure landed one woman in the hospital, yet the idea that frogs hold pain-relieving powers isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds. Unaddressed pain can drive us to the most ...

Pond frogs (Pelophylax nigromaculatus) may have a surprising edge against one of nature’s most painful defenses. A recent Ecosphere study found that pond frogs can withstand repeated stings from ...

Not Exactly Pocket Science is a set of shorter write-ups of new stories with links to more detailed takes by the world’s best journalists and bloggers. It is meant to complement the usual fare of ...

Apologies for banging on again about the Conservation Evidence project, but they have been having a blitz recently on subjects that are of potential interest to gardeners. First birds, now amphibians, ...