Although many amphibian populations around the world are declining at alarming rates, the cause of most declines remains unknown. Environmental contamination is one of several factors implicated in ...

Infected hosts are exposed to many environmental stressors that must be taken into account in order to determine the importance of disease, as various combinations can interact in unpredictable ways.

Tadpoles exposed to the herbicide atrazine during an often overlooked growth phase named organ morphogenesis develop deformed hearts and impaired kidneys, according to biologists. Atrazine is one of ...

Amphibians, with their complex life histories and permeable integuments, are exceptionally sensitive to environmental salinity shifts. Adaptation to saline conditions, whether naturally occurring in ...

Researcher Timothée Pegon explored how water browning impacts the development of common frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles in Finland’s Evo region. The study highlights the adaptability of tadpoles to ...

I was born in Columbia, South Carolina on July 29, 1967 to Romeo and Susie Hayes. After graduating high school, I attended Harvard University and completed my Bachelor of Arts degree in Organismic and ...

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. - Tadpoles develop deformed hearts and impaired kidneys and digestive systems when exposed to the widely used herbicide atrazine in their early stages of life, according to ...