African clawed frogs are characterized by their flat bodies and vocal organs which can produce sound underwater, as well as the claws on their first three toes that give them their name. Despite being ...

The model proposes a causal link between macrophages, normally responsible for immune functions, and muscle stem cells for ...

Researchers at McMaster University have uncovered unexpected diversity in the genetic processes that determine the sex of the African clawed frog, a significant discovery in what was already one of ...

Millions of years ago, one species of frog diverged into two species. Millions of years later, the two frogs became one again, but with a few extra chromosomes due to whole genome duplication. Such is ...

The African clawed frog is the world’s most widely distributed amphibian. It can be found lurking in ponds on four continents apart from Africa. There is even a population of albino African clawed ...

Researchers Sumika Kato, Takeo Kubo, and Taro Fukazawa of the University of Tokyo have discovered that c1qtnf3, a secreting ...

The African clawed frog is a new tool for stem cell researchers, according to a paper published by scientists at the University of Edinburgh in the June 1 issue of Development. …the distinctive ...

More than 6,000 virus-infected African clawed frogs were euthanized over the summer in a Washington State pond, The Olympian reported. The frogs are predatory, invasive and reproduce quickly. A ...

Game wardens with the Nevada Department of Wildlife have tracked down what they say is a source of prohibited African clawed frogs found throughout Nevada over the past few weeks, seizing 68 more ...

A frog once widely imported and bred by hospitals because it lays eggs when injected with a pregnant woman's urine may have brought a deadly amphibian infection to the United States. African clawed ...