A pioneering hormonal treatment allows scientists to collect high-quality sperm samples from captive golden frogs. The breakthrough may help emblematic species and others like it to stave off extinction.
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March 09, 2017
January 23, 2017
As bacterial infections become more resistant to antibiotics, the toxins on the skin of frogs presents huge opportunity for new drug discovery.
September 15, 2016
A discovery by a Smithsonian intern in Panama is published by the journal Science .
August 08, 2014
To save frogs from an extinction-causing fungus, Smithsonian scientists needed to innovate captive feeding and breeding techniques.
January 24, 2014
Things just got worse for male túngara frogs who beckon frog-eating bats with their mating calls. Now it appears that the ripples they make also attract hungry bats.