10+ hour, 37+ min ago   (334+ words) Given the right conditions, certain types of cells are able to self-assemble into new lifeforms after the organism they were once part of has died....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (672+ words) An international research team has identified seven previously undescribed species of Madagascar's diamond frogs, elusive amphibians that often stay hidden in leaf litter, moss, and forest soil — a discovery that is reshaping what researchers understand about the island's biodiversity, according…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (448+ words) Scientists have cleared a striking hurdle in synthetic biology: They got two different genetic codes working inside the same cell. The advance is a step toward building forms of life that can manufacture proteins with ingredients nature never adopted. The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (492+ words) Over 3,000 endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs were released into the wild in California in 2026 The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced the milestone, an update to its conservation breeding and reintroduction program, in August The endangered species of frogs "have disappeared…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (639+ words) How did life begin? This mystery has tantalized scientists since Charles Darwin mused on it in 1871, spawning no shortage of competing theories about the origins of Earth's biology around four billion years ago. Yet, even today, a definitive answer remains…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (199+ words) Curious about amphibian life among these watery respites, environmental scientists from Kyoto University set out to catalog their frog populations. The team focused on 31 temples, shrines, and adjacent areas in Kyoto's Higashiyama region, surveying their various ponds and streams for…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (324+ words) Scientists have officially recognized Ecuador's Milpe robber frog as a distinct species after more than a century of being mistaken for another frog species, Newswise reported. According to Newswise, in a new description published in ZooKeys, scientists at the Pontificia…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (531+ words) Potatoes have fed civilizations for thousands of years, but they have done more than that. Scientists have said the crop may have helped shape human biology, giving Indigenous Andean populations a measurable genetic advantage in digesting starch. That finding adds…...