To protect their porous skin, some tropical frogs have a suit of armor. But this covering isn’t made from metal or even a sturdy material like bullet-proof Kevlar. Frogs use bacteria to shield their skin from a deadly fungal disease caused by chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis or Bd). The findings detailed in a study published
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 19 August 2026 Female treefrogs select less carefully when hearing a chorus of males. The dating advice of there are ‘plenty more fish in the sea’ is often not helpful — especially, it seems, for frogs. Claire Hemingway at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and her colleagues studied the mating choices of
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