In the comics, Wolverine painfully pops his claws out right through his skin, and when they retract, his skin heals up. There’s a group of frogs in Africa that do the same thing! picked by doggylives 2 years ago

Thanks to a group of third-graders, Washington state now has an official amphibian -- the Pacific chorus frog. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

By creating "Teflon" versions of natural antibiotics found in frog skin, a research team led by biological chemist E. Neil Marsh has made the potential drugs better at thwarting bacterial defenses, an improvement that could enhance their effectiveness. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

"She said that the treatment involved dipping your leg into a pool of fish. The fish nibble away at your dead skin, allowing healthy skin to grow in its place." picked by gammerus 2 years ago

One species of burrowing frogs can survive for years buried in mud without food and water. New research has figured out how the frog and other "super-sleeper" animals do it. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

The WWF said that a flying frog, the world's smallest deer and the first new monkey to be found in over a century are among 350 new species discovered in the eastern Himalayas in the past decade. picked by kakana 4 months ago

The India’s smallest land vertebrate, a 10-millimeter frog, has been discovered from the Western Ghats of Kerala by Delhi University Systematics Biologist, S D Biju and his colleagues. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The best trip you've ever had without taking drugs: watch this cartoon! Kicking off FAF a bit early with Sally Cruikshank's creepy classic. Music by Danny Elfman, who also appears as a (literal) lounge lizard and sings "Don't Go In the Basement". picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago

Great information for men want continue look young. picked by inakisant 3 years ago

A team of Australian researchers has isolated one of the most effective natural mosquito repellents yet from an unlikely source: smelly frog skin.

I can hear the researchers now: "Ok! Who squeezed the frog?" picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

The record to break is 21 feet, 5 3/4 inches set by Rosie the Ribeter in 1986. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

After being dug up from hibernation by a burrowing dog, thereby shattering his leg, "Brullie" is the first frog to ever be fitted with a tiny steel rod to repair his broken lower leg bone. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Science returns to Cambodia with the discovery of this and three other previously unclassified frogs in the former Khmer Rouge stronghold.

<-- Not actual frog as there don't seem to be any pictures yet. picked by pocksucket 12 months ago

When Lanikai resident Virginia Enos heard a coqui frog call coming from her neighbor's yard, her first reaction was, "Oh crap."

Might seem stupid, but it's a serious, serious problem... picked by muppet 1 year ago

This video clip from Trivia no Izumi (Game show)shows how frogs cope with severe indigestion. After a disagreeable meal, a frog can empty its stomach by ejecting the entire organ inside-out through its mouth and washing it with its front legs before swallowing it back down. The host of the show explains that a frog throws up in much the same way that humans do, but its stomach pops out because of... read full post picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Garnet Hertz has implanted a miniature webserver in the body of a frog specimen, which is suspended in a clear glass container of mineral oil, an inert liquid that does not conduct electricity. The frog is viewable on the Internet, and on the computer monitor across the room, through a webcam placed on the wall of the gallery. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Eeeww. There's a zoo full of critters living on your skin — a bacterial zoo, that is. Consider your underarm a rain forest. Healthy skin is home to a much wider variety of bacteria than scientists ever knew, says the first big census of our co-inhabitants. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

"They put a topical ointment on my skin which intensified the laser. After it was over, my skin looked like raw meat. I had horrendous blisters all over it in a zebra-stripe pattern." picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Ten new amphibian species have been discovered by scientists in Colombia, including a spiky-skinned, orange-legged rain frog, three poison frogs and three glass frogs, so-called because their transparent skin reveals their internal organs. picked by suebe 10 months ago

Ordinary skin cells from mice have been used to create live mice that then had babies.

*The process isn't perfect — some of the mice died* picked by Bornbad 4 months ago