While kissing a frog might not transform him into a handsome prince, his skin might one day save your life. Scientists in Abu Dhabi have discovered a method for using the natural substances found in ...

LONDON -- Skin secretions from a South American frog could be used to treat type 2 diabetes, researchers say. A compound isolated from the "shrinking" frog, which grows to 27 cm as a tadpole before ...

The hippo version of sweat is red-orange, and Japanese researchers have now isolated two pigments responsible for the colorful glow. Tests so far confirm years of speculation that this skin secretion ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick. In fact, they assert ...

The skin secretions of two neotropical salamanders, Bolitoglossa rostrata and B. subpalmata, adversely affect snakes of the genus Thamnophis, which commonly prey on amphibians. The secretion causes ...