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Attorneys argued over whether a Harvard University researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought “biological materials ...
Petrova is accused of failing to declare clawed frog embryos and embryonic samples while passing through customs at Boston ...
Walking through a dark misty forest in Madagascar, a team of scientists followed a “distinct” chirping sound to its ...
Have you ever walked outside after a rainstorm, only to be greeted by a chorus of croaking frogs? It’s as if they’ve been ...
The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has reported the discovery of a new species of tree frog endemic to ...
Rhacophorus , BRIN's latest discovery adds to Sulawesi's endemic amphibians and underscores the need to protect Wallacea's ...
To our surprise, we found clear signs of change. When infected with the fungus, male frogs set about fathering more offspring. The alpine tree frog can survive cold – and perhaps even a deadly ...
An endangered frog from the Australian alps is not letting a deadly infectious disease interfere with its love life. University of Melbourne research has found male alpine tree frogs infected with ...
The fifth new species was named Boophis pikei, or Pike’s tree frog, and had an “extremely loud” call, researchers said. Male frogs were found crowded together “between two narrow streams.” ...
Seven newly discovered species from the tree frog genus Boophis ... may convey information about the male frog’s suitability as a mate to females. This particular group live along fast-flowing streams ...
but the first step was to find tree frogs in "amplexus" — a mating position in which male frogs clasp onto females for fertilization. Wang's hometown of Taizhou in Jiangsu is also one of the few ...