African clawed frogs get their name from the three claws on their hind feet, which are used to tear apart food. These aquatic ...

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 ...

More information: Ben J Evans et al, Rapid Sex Chromosome Turnover in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus) and the Origins of New Sex Chromosomes, Molecular Biology and Evolution (2024). DOI: 10.1093 ...

African clawed frogs used to be the best human pregnancy tests in the world. Doctors would inject a woman's urine into the back of a female frog; if positive, the frog would lay eggs. Frog or ...

In nature, African clawed frogs live in water. This is the picture of the tetraploid African clawed frog in an aquarium at UNIST. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

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 ...

According to the study’s authors, they were able to use a five-drug cocktail along with a wearable bioreactor to facilitate limb regrowth in several female African clawed frogs. The study is ...

A new chemical treatment allowed African clawed frogs, which normally don’t regenerate limbs, to regrow functional hind legs following amputation. Dan is a News Editor at The Scientist. He writes and ...