African clawed frogs are very easy to keep in the lab.They were readily adopted by scientists as a model research animal. Author supplied The African clawed frog is the world’s most widely distributed ...

The African clawed frog is used as a model organism for biological research because of its close evolutionary relationship to humans, and because early development occurs externally, allowing ...

At least 11 species kick at predators with sharp, protruding bones as a defense mechanism Biologists at Harvard University have determined that some African frogs carry concealed weapons: When ...

The African clawed frog is the world’s most widely distributed amphibian. It can be found lurking in ponds on four continents apart from Africa. There is even a population of albino African clawed ...

African frog clade under the microscope He narrowed his focus to frogs in the clade Afrobatrachia, a group that study co-author David Blackburn, curator of herpetology at the Florida Museum, has ...

An invasive species — one that can survive in drought, freezing weather and even outer space — is consuming and competing with native species in western Washington, officials are warning. Scientists ...

By Victoria Schneider The survival of a unique frog species that lives in the coastal sand dunes of South Africa and Namibia ...

Millions of years ago, one species of frog diverged into two species. Millions of years later, the two frogs became one again, but with a few extra chromosomes due to whole genome duplication. Such is ...

The African clawed frog, a species native to southern Africa, is one of the most successful invaders in the world. Part of the reason is that it has been of particular interest to scientists for a ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. LiveScience A frog once widely imported and bred by hospitals because it lays eggs when injected with a pregnant woman's urine may have ...