Quick Take Snakes usually shed their skin in one complete piece, while lizards and amphibians shed in messy, irregular ...

Unlike humans, frogs and other amphibians don't need to rely on their lungs to breathe; their unique skin helps them exchange oxygen and drink. But how do frogs breathe and drink through their skin?

A simple sample of the protective mucus layer that coats a frog’s skin can now be analyzed to determine how susceptible the frog is to disease, thanks to a technique developed by a researcher at the ...

Looking deep within mammalian spit-producing glands, scientists were recently surprised to find an ancient cell type long thought to exist primarily in the slimy skin of frogs and fish. Such ...