Charles Darwin, famed for his theory of evolution, profoundly influenced modern biology. Notably, Darwin shared a birthdate ...

London Zoo is celebrating the birth of 33 Darwin’s frogs, following the zoo’s urgent mission to rescue the critically ...

Following a 7,000-mile-long rescue mission for conservation, 33 tiny Southern Darwin’s frogs ( Rhinoderma darwinii) were born ...

What if you could detect allergens even better, so that before you even put something in your mouth, you knew whether it was ...

This is the Southern Darwin Frog, named after the famed scientist. The creatures were first discovered in Chile in 1841, but recently they nearly went extinct after the chytrid fungus wiped out 90% of ...

Our biological sciences students explore the complexities of life and work to address global challenges in biology. Our faculty advance knowledge in a wide range of disciplines within the biological ...

“To jump on the water surface, you have to have your legs retracted and ready to push down again by the time you’re ...

Back in 2016, one of us (Silviu Petrovan) was asked to identify a live frog found in a shipment of roses in Sheffield, ...

Conservation biology is the study of attempts to protect and preserve biodiversity. It focuses on both the biological and social factors that affect the success of conservation efforts and on ...

Cricket frogs were once thought to hop on the water’s surface. They actually leap in and out of the water in a form of locomotion called porpoising.

This term refers to the frog’s ability to execute multiple rapid jumps across a water surface. Their findings, detailed in the Journal of Experimental Biology, feature graduate researcher Talia Weiss ...

Tailor-made frog habitat is being recreated after fires, or during dry times. More than half of East Gippsland in Victoria burned during the 2019–20 Black Summer Bushfires, forcing many frogs ...