This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. Frog and toad skins already are renowned as cornucopias of hundreds of germ-fighting substances. Now a new report in ACS's Journal of ...

This week we have questions about pet surgery and fire bell toads. Intrigued- Read on. Q: Do pets need to be given pain medication after surgery- A: If you love your pet, then absolutely. Decades ago ...

The animal in the photo published two weeks ago was the oriental fire-bellied toad. They are green with black-spotted warts and bright-red bellies. They live in eastern Asia in temperate forests. The ...

Filled with live plants, substrates, and glimmering schools of fish, a perfectly curated aquarium is an awe-inspiring art form. But the best aquarium pets that aren’t fish prove that our finned ...

Cutaneous bacteria may play an important role in the resistance of amphibians to the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Microbial communities resident on hosts’ skin show ...