Manipulating Sound: Two Amazing Animal Adaptations
Discovery.com recently reported two instances of animals manipulating sound to master their environments.Posted on July 22, 2008 5:48 PM • 2 Comments •
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African Frogs Break Own Bones to Form Claws
A study of rare African frogs has revealed a form of self-defense hitherto unbeknownst to the scientific world: claws of pure bone that burst through the frogs' skin. And it gets worse. When the frogs are threatened they need to first "actively break" their own bones in order to create these claws.Posted on June 2, 2008 3:00 PM • 4 Comments •
Surinam Toads Perfect Birthing Method to Destroy Humanity
Awesome footage of baby Surinam Toads emerging from Mama's back.Posted on April 11, 2008 10:06 AM • 6 Comments •
New Frog Discovered, Sans Lungs
Deep in the heart of the jungles of Borneo a new frog has been found that is rocking the very foundations of frog biology the world over. Why? Because, for God's sake, it has no lungs. Instead, it gets all the oxygen it needs by absorbing it through its skin.Posted on April 8, 2008 3:13 PM • 5 Comments •
Enormous 'Devil Toad' Remains Discovered in Madagascar
Scientists in Madagascar recently discovered the remains of a giant prehistoric frog, a relative of today's horned toads, which blew away the previous record for the largest known frog.Posted on February 18, 2008 7:56 PM • 5 Comments •
2008 - The Year of the Frog
A consortium of zoos and aquariums, calling itself the "Amphibian Ark," has dubbed 2008 the "Year of the Frog." Amphibian Ark made this declaration in order to draw awareness to the mass extinction of amphibian species around the globe and to infuriate the Chinese, who already named the year after the rat "like 5000 years ago".Posted on January 2, 2008 3:46 PM • 4 Comments •
Japanese Create "See-Through" Frogs
Those crazy Japanese have done it again! By combining two types of recessive genes that cause frogs to be pale, they have created a frog with almost transparent skin. Unfortunately for the frogs, the advantages to testing on a see-through...Posted on September 27, 2007 11:05 AM • 7 Comments •
Purple Frogs, an Evolutionary Wonder
Hey there, ladies. I'm just a lonesome, evolutionary mishap who loves to party. The Purple frog or Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis can be described as a "living fossil." These strange creatures split evolutionarily from other frogs nearly 150 million years ago giving...Posted on June 14, 2007 7:13 PM • 0 Comments •
You Are What You Eat…
A team of Florida International University zoologists studying poison arrow frogs in South America have identified the source of the colorful critters' toxicity. Researchers have long known that the amphibians do not produce the toxic compounds, alkaloids, themselves, but were...Posted on May 17, 2007 6:43 PM • 0 Comments •
