Promising new research shows that bacteria from Japanese tree frogs could potentially cure colorectal cancer in humans. Could guts save your butt? A new study reports that bacteria found in the ...

The Eiffinger's tree frog (Kurixalus eiffingeri), found on Ishigaki and Iriomote islands in Japan, has a unique biological adaptation: its tadpoles do not defecate during their early developmental ...

A common species of Asian tree frog may actually be two separate species according to new genetic data collected by an international group of scientists. If the two groups of frogs are confirmed to be ...

Males of the Japanese tree frog have learnt not to use their calls at the same time so that the females can distinguish between them. Scientists at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia have used ...

In the gardens and parks of Toyota City, Japan, a small creature turned out to be a new species. Getty Images/iStockphoto To many across the islands of Japan, small tree frogs, or amagaeru, are a ...

Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology. Eiffinger’s tree ...

A relative of the Suwon tree frog has been discovered south of Mt. Chilgap in areas including Nonsan, Chungnam Province, and Iksan and Gunsan, Jeonbuk Province. It has a yellowish belly and a longer ...

We usually think of bacteria as bad guys, malicious microbes whose only goal is to spread illness, but that’s only part of the story. In reality, we rely on bacteria for our survival. The gut ...

Male Japanese tree frogs communicate with sound, using an internally orchestrated system that lets information get through while also permitting collective choruses and time to rest, according to ...

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