For decades, the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) played a surprising and essential role in human medicine. Native to the ...

Anneke Lincoln Schoeman receives funding from the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology. The African clawed frog is the world’s most widely distributed amphibian. It can be found lurking ...

African stink ants (Paltothyreus tarsatus) really don’t like to be disturbed. They live in colonies of several hundred to thousands, and the 2.5-centimeter-long insects vigorously defend their nests, ...

A nasty little clawed frog from Africa that carries a deadly fungus disease is responsible for the mass deaths of frog populations throughout California, new research suggests. The infection here 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 ...

Some African frogs carry concealed weapons: when threatened, these species puncture their own skin with sharp bones in their toes, using the bones as claws capable of wounding predators. At least 11 ...

Even within a single species, animals don't all respond in the same way to environmental changes. A new study of reed frogs in East Africa reveals that understanding these differences could be key to ...

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 ...

Canadian scientists discovered six new African clawed frog species under the genus Xenopus, increasing the number of identified species by 30 percent. The discovery provides new opportunities for ...

Some of the work to address an invasive species in Lacey known as the African clawed frog included new fencing. Courtesy City of Lacey This is no innocent frog. The frog, known as the African clawed ...

@SP Body Copy:Tommy and Molly Knecht’s Grandma gave them a unique Easter gift in 2010. “It was really cool because it was our first pet,” said Molly, 6. “Definitely — I just love frogs,” agreed Tommy, ...

RENO, NV It turns out the tadpoles from Florida-based Grow-a-Frog -- which markets them as an educational tool -- are illegal in Nevada and at least 10 other U.S. states, authorities said. Agents ...