The túngara frog is a creature perhaps easily overlooked ... which the male then whips into a foam they both use to shape into a nest for their eggs. “Stable foams are very rare in nature ...

The foam that some frogs produce to make nests could be a good candidate for future pharmaceuticals and cosmetics because it can keep its shape for more than a week, isn’t likely to irritate ...

This one can keep its shape for more than a week! Paul Hoskisson at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow says that some frogs produce an incubator foam - protecting eggs and tadpoles from ...

Foam made by miniature frogs to protect their eggs could offer ... Dr Paul Hoskisson The foam is made of at least six proteins that retain the shape and strength of the nest.

White-sand terrestrial foam-nesting frogs are considered “medium”-sized ... identified by its habitat preference, coloring, body shape, teeth and size, the study said. DNA analysis found ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A local graduate student and her husband have found a shape-shifting frog in Ecuador that changes its skin texture from spikey to smooth in mere minutes. It is believed to be ...

It sounds a bit icky, but researchers are happy about it. The protein foam produced by Tungara frogs while mating is fully compatible with human cells, it turns out, and could be an excellent way ...

Today, at the Microbiology Society's Annual Conference in Liverpool, scientists will show that the foam made by Trinidadian frogs represents a new, non-toxic antibiotic delivery system that may ...

We've seen octopodes that can change shape. We've even seen some frogs and reptiles that can change the colour of their skin. But, for the first time, researchers have observed a vertebrate that ...

Foam made by miniature frogs to protect their eggs could offer ... Dr Paul Hoskisson The foam is made of at least six proteins that retain the shape and strength of the nest.