Quick Take Boulenger’s backpack frog carries eggs in a dorsal pouch on its back instead of dropping them into water. This ...

"In these frogs, we've discovered extraordinary variation even among closely related species, which allows us to explore how important things like sex determination evolve rapidly," says Ben Evans, a ...

Over the course of 500 million years, three species of poison frogs evolved to withstand a toxin they use to prevent predators from catching them. But, there’s a catch: the frogs experience a ...

Extremes of the colour gradient of the Eastern San Antonio frog (Hyla orientalis). On the left, a specimen captured in Chernobyl inside the high contamination zone; on the right, a specimen captured ...

Evolution is the result of environmental pressures forcing species to adapt, and few environments exert pressures like the Chernobyl exclusion zone. A new study has revealed evolution in action as ...

Evolution, Vol. 75, No. 12 (DECEMBER 2021), pp. 3203-3213 (11 pages) Dollo’s law of irreversibility states that once a complex structure is lost, it cannot be regained in the same form. Several ...

African clawed frogs are known for their flat bodies, vocal organs and claws on the first three toes of the hind feet. Hamilton, ON, Dec. 16, 2024 – Researchers at McMaster University have uncovered ...

The development of hair was of central importance for the evolution of mammals and thus also of humans. However, the evolutionary origin of the genetic program of hair was previously unknown.

College students know senior year means hours spent working toward the future. However, for University of Dayton senior Madeline Brinkman, working toward the future meant first diving millions of ...