Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

There's so much music bursting out of saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, and her cultural reference points are so diverse, that you never quite know, as you take a disc out of the sleeve for the first time, ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a tree frog with bright blue skin instead of the usual green color, new pictures show. The blue pigmentation is due to a rare genetic mutation, experts say.

Researchers say skin secretions from a South American frog could be used to treat type 2 diabetes. Scientists say a compound isolated from the paradoxical frog could stimulate the release of insulin, ...

A substance on the skin of South American "paradoxical frog" boosts the production of insulin -- the vital hormone that is deficient in diabetics. They carried out lab tests on the nocturnal frog that ...

Slime from the skin of a South American frog could provide a new treatment for diabetes, say scientists. The paradoxical frog, Pseudis paradoxa, secretes a substance from its skin which protects it ...

A 161 million-year-old fossil, linked to a line of extinct frog-like amphibians, is the oldest tadpole ever found. By Asher Elbein The metamorphosis of a frog from baby to adult is one of nature’s ...