Heidi says…
Our own, well leased from Nature Afield, Heidi Smith was interviewed by the lovely and affable Tyler Dukes for The Charlotte Observer. She says wonderful things about frogs, salamanders, and other...
View ArticleThe Art of Science: Wallace’s Flying Frog
Last week, the Natural History Museum in London unveiled a digital archive of the letters of 19th century naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, the co-discoverer with Charles Darwin, of evolution by...
View ArticleKnit frog guts
“Knitting in Biology 101″ by Emily Stoneking Emily Stoneking is not only the name of my favorite Jarl from Skyrim, but also knits dissected frogs. You read all of that right. Cast your eyes to port on...
View ArticleMeet the Lake Titicaca Frog
Lake Titicaca resides between Bolivia and Peru at an extremely high altitude. One animal that has evolved to live in the environment is the Lake Titicaca frog (Telmatobius culeus) whose Latin name...
View ArticleMeet the ‘Semaphore’ Frog
Green-spotted rock frog (Staurois tuberilinguis) I am lucky enough to spend my days in a frog communication lab, but everyone on the street knows how frogs communicate-by calling (if you didn’t know...
View ArticleMeet the Foam Nest
Physalaemus petersi communal foam nest in Ecuador(Photo Credit: Mónica Guerra) Reproductive modes in frogs vary greatly, as do the ways in which they deposit their eggs. The túngara frog, Physalaemus...
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