Actually, they are quite similar. The three clawed frog species, Xenopus borealis, laevis and tropicalis, are about as closely related as a horse and a donkey. But when it comes to their comfort ...

A female African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, was housed at the Biological Resources Facility of North Carolina State University in a tank with two other females. The frog was ∼1.5 years old and ...

The "Hogben test" got its start in 1930, when British biologist Lancelot Hogben began looking into what he called a godsend for hormone research: The African clawed frog, or Xenopus laevis.

We work in two areas. The first is traditional cell and molecular biology, focussed on the molecular mechanisms underlying mesoderm formation, and neural crest induction, and tissue and organ ...

Research on the aquatic frog Xenopus laevis has revealed that this species does not exhibit trade-offs between swimming and jumping performance, suggesting that it is equally adept in both ...

Frog Friends Helderberg, a group lobbying for the conservation of frogs, said more can be done when it comes to migration during rainfall. This is after thousands of Common Platanna frogs (Xenopus ...