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Serenading Ribbits

May 29, 2025 Theo Kapogianis

They say love is a…mixtape of frog songs?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down On Science. Ryan Calsbeek, from Dartmouth University, and colleagues recorded male frog choruses in the wild during mating season. Different recordings were overlaid—think fake froggie boy bands—to see which mating call combinations attracted

Disappearing Act

April 26, 2023 Salla Kim

What?! He just… disappeared! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Nocturnal glassfrogs don’t need a magician to make them disappear. They have translucent skin and muscles that help them camouflage as they sleep. We can’t even see their blood! How do they do that, and