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That’s essentially what the incredible wood frog does (well, almost) to survive the brutal Alaskan winters. You can watch the frog freeze and then thaw out in this fascinating video clip.
But your pancreas? That little banana-shaped organ hiding behind your stomach doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves, considering it’s basically running your entire metabolic show.
For a small frog, the alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina) packs a lot of surprises. For one, this tree frog lives in snowy gullies and high mountain crags across the Australian Alps ...
As promised, Kermit the Frog served as the commencement speaker for the University of Maryland’s 2025 graduation ceremony, with “the World’s Most Famous Frog” dispensing wisdom and jokes ...
Throughout South America, frogs of the Ranitomeya genus typically occupy very particular habitats. It has been over a decade since a new species within this genus was discovered, making this a ...
Inside the circle were several containers of frogs. Every year in Sacramento, politicians, staff and the press compete in a quirky contest – the annual frog jump on the Capitol lawn. It has ...
But for more than a hundred years they've also been biologically disrupted, stocked each year with non-native fish, which in turn destroyed the population of Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs that ...
Frogs and other amphibians the world over are dying in droves from a nasty fungal infection that penetrates their skin and stops their heart. Scientists now have evidence that offering frogs their ...
Anthony Waddle received research funding from the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment, the Frog and Tadpole Study Group of New South Wales, the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales ...
Frog Butt, or Phrog Butt IRL, is a meme centered around a photograph of the oddly tiny-yet-voluptuous posterior of an amphibian. The strangely fascinating image has baffled and inspired the ...
FOR A SMALL, blow-dryer shaped organ deep in the abdomen, the pancreas has a lot of power. It's a key player in diabetes, which affects more than 38 million people in the U.S. And that's not the ...