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28May

Males To Blame: Only 1.4% Of Female Frog Calls Are Known

Image Credits: PixabayMuch like in other species—no blame intended—male frogs dominate the soundscape with their loud calls, actively drowning out the quieter voices of females, whose vocalizations we’ve identified in only 1.4% of cases.Surprisingly, new research from Brazil's Universidade de São Paulo reveals that scientists have documented the calls of only a tiny fraction...

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16Feb

Frog Grows Mushroom Baffles Scientific Community

Fungal friend or foe? We may never knowLohit Y.T./WWF-IndiaResearchers were astonished to observe a healthy frog with a small mushroom growing from its body, marking the first known instance of such an occurrence in live animal tissue.While fungal infections are relatively common in small animals, this growth seemed distinct from the parasitic types that...

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