Starvation, malnutrition and re-feeding can have deadly consequences for humans and most animals but not Australia's green-striped burrowing frog. PhD student Rebecca Cramp from The University of ...

Key genes that help burrowing frogs avoid muscle wastage while they are dormant have been discovered by researchers. These genetic insights could help prevent muscle atrophy in bedridden human ...

Robyn Williams: One of the features of National Science Week just past, in Melbourne anyway, are the Fresh Scientists - as opposed to the stale ones perhaps. Nick Hudson is one of them, selected from ...

However, some animals can remain dormant for several months and yet suffer minimal muscle damage. These include green-striped burrowing frogs (Cyclorana alboguttata) which occupy arid environments in ...