"Here we show that in response to ranavirus, wood frog tadpoles change their growth, development, and resource allocation. This may help tadpoles tolerate the energetic demands of infection or ...

However, a new study published in Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science suggests that some amphibians may not be entirely defenseless. Researchers found that wood frog (Rana sylvatica) tadpoles ...

Researchers from the US studied the plasticity in growth and development of wood frog larvae in response to the emerging disease ranavirus, which can kill off the entire population of ponds. They ...

This is a disturbing trend, because the presence of frogs is a good indication of a healthy environment. Frogs are cold-blooded animals belonging to a group known as amphibians. Usually, they start ...

In the late ‘80s, crawfish frogs mysteriously disappeared from the Angel Mounds State Historic Site in Vanderburgh County. Regionally, they’re a species of "greatest conservation need." ...

But as a new study in Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science has now shown, amphibians aren't entirely defenseless against ranavirus. "Here we show that in response to ranavirus, wood frog ...

Argentine researchers found by chance what resulted to be the oldest tadpole fossil in the world ... is said to shed light on the evolution of frogs and toads. It was found in January 2020 ...