Poison frogs living in human care aren’t poisonous, thanks to a “detox” diet of mild insects, like crickets and fruit flies. Can adding alkaloids to a frog’s diet help it regain its toxins and get its ...

Researchers have found that some Australian frogs create their own insect repellent, resembling rotten meat and others roasted cashew nuts or thyme leaves. The research team, which includes Associate ...

Frogs and toads may not have the same allure as bees and other pollinators, but they can be just as useful in gardens—especially if you want to control pests organically. These voracious insect eaters ...

The insect Regimbartia attenuata can escape even after being devoured by certain species of frog, among them Pelophylax nigromaculatus, Japanese ecologist Shinji Sugiura of Kobe University announced ...

For most insects, the sticky, slingshot ride straight into a frog’s mouth spells the end. But not for one stubborn water beetle. Instead of succumbing to the frog’s digestive juices, an eaten ...

There can be few sights more comforting for gardeners than spotting frogs in the garden. Growing plants for frogs will enhance your growing pleasures in multiple ways. Not only will you be increasing ...

(From left to right) Host Ira Flatow, Richard Lee, and Clara do Amaral at SciFri’s live event in Oxford, Ohio. Credit: Scott Kissell/Miami University When winter comes, animals have several options ...

With the winter cold, animals living outside are forced to adjust. Many smaller critters burrow into snow to keep warm, and some frogs willingly... From Frozen Frogs To Insect Antifreeze, How Animals ...

 The insect Regimbartia attenuata can escape even after being devoured by certain species of frog, among them Pelophylax nigromaculatus, Japanese ecologist Shinji Sugiura of Kobe University ...

But that mostly doesn’t work with Regimbartia attenuata, which, Sugiura says, stimulates the frog to defecate and, like Tim Robbins’ wrongly imprisoned Andy Dufresne in 1994 film “The Shawshank ...