The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has said that work to tackle the smouldering fires in the insulation layers of Chernobyl's giant shelter has been completed, three weeks after it was struck by a ...

The African clawed frog. Image via Wiki Commons. The African clawed frog is an evolutionary marvel — an entirely aquatic species with powerful hind legs, flattened bodies, and an ability to ...

Frogs in Minecraft, introduced in June 2022, enhance the game's ecosystem with their unique behaviors and habitats in swamps and mangrove biomes. They produce colorful froglights when eating small ...

This month's cover highlights the article Nup358 restricts ER-mitochondria connectivity by modulating mTORC2/Akt/GSK3β signalling by Joseph, Misha Kalarikkal and colleagues. The image shows a human ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Chernobyl Roulette: War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone, by Serhii Plokhy, W.W. Norton & Company, 240 pages, $29.99 The Chernobyl exclusion zone is the closest we have to a real-life postapocalyptic ...

Is frog farming profitable? If you are wondering how to raise bullfrogs, read on to learn more about this low-maintenance livestock. Originally published in 1978. “Why, I can harvest 6,000 frogs ...

The Frog & Turtle gastropub in Westbrook announced Sunday that the restaurant will close for good in early March after 17 years in business, due in part to financial pressure caused by required ...

that the leader of Inverclyde Council once described it as Scotland's Chernobyl - comparing the estate to the Ukrainian town of Pripyat, which has been uninhabitable since the 1986 nuclear disaster.

Scientists have also found rat lungworm infections in other animals, such as freshwater shrimp, crabs and frogs. Human outbreaks of rat lungworm have involved a few people to hundreds, the CDC ...

Two newly discovered species of Australian frogs may be unable to adapt to the escalating impacts of climate change, raising urgent conservation concerns from scientists. The research, published ...

When people hear “Chernobyl,” they often think of the 1986 nuclear disaster that led to mass evacuations. Yet, the region remains home to diverse wildlife, including dogs that have become a focus of ...