Reuters

Common weedkiller turns male frogs into females

* Male frogs completely feminized * Study helps explain decline of frogs * Levels were below EPA standards By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - Atrazine, one of the ...
The New York Times

She Didn’t Like His Song, So She Tried to Eat Him

It’s not easy being green, golden and male, according to a researcher’s observation of attempted frog cannibalism in Australia. By Joshua Rapp Learn It was nighttime on Kooragang Island north of ...
New York Post

Female frogs may eat male suitors after mating call in act of ‘sexual cannibalism,’ new theory suggests

It’s frog-eat-frog in the amphibian dating game. An ecologist has captured the moment a female green and golden bell frog attempted to eat a male suitor. Dr. John Gould, from the University of ...
Reuters

Common weedkiller turns male frogs into females

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Atrazine, one of the most commonly used and controversial weedkillers, can turn male frogs into females, researchers reported on Monday. The experiment is the first to show such ...