In the scientific world, this could be groundbreaking. Even Nobel Prize-worthy. I may be living proof that there is such a thing as xenoglossy. For nontechnical readers, xenoglossy is the sudden ...

Springtime in the Bay Area brings with it lush green landscapes, vibrant wildflowers and buds breaking open on trees. And in some places, the soundtrack to all that visual beauty is the chorusing of ...

Male Sierran chorus frogs change their breeding calls depending on the temperature, a UC Davis study found. (BenderPhoto, Getty Images) When the time is right, a good love song can make all the ...

Many animal mutations have been documented in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) following the infamous nuclear disaster in 1986, including Eastern tree frogs with darker skin that wards off radiation ...

Frozen wood frog, complete with ice crystals on both its surface and inside its body. It’s alive. Credit: Janet M. Storey. On a winter walk through Alaska’s forests, you might step over what looks ...

Could guts save your butt? A new study reports that bacteria found in the intestines of Japanese tree frogs show remarkable promise in treating colorectal cancer. A research team from the Japan ...

A bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs has "exhibited remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when administered intravenously, outperforming current standard therapies and paving ...

Aussie Ark announced its partnership with the University of Newcastle for a “nation-first” breeding and re-wilding program of the endangered Littlejohn’s Tree Frog (LJTF). In a press release sent to ...

Chytrid fungus is a deadly pathogen plaguing amphibians in an ongoing global pandemic, with the potential to kill off entire populations. But in one threatened Australian frog species, the infection ...

Cal Poly Humboldt wildlife student Lindsey Mountz will present a free lecture at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 titled “The Relationship between Pacific Tree Frogs and Non-native Blackberries.” This one-hour talk is ...