Animal Welfare Institute

Heyworth, C., Owens, D. 2019. Interactive feeding technique: Elicit predatory instincts in the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) and grow a research colony of eaters ...

Xenopus laevis have a unique process for consuming food. They lack a tongue and must utilize inertial suction, jaw prehension, forearm scooping, overhead kicking, and terrestrial lunges when hunting ...
The National Interest

This Frog Seems Unstoppable Thanks to Something You Can’t See

The African clawed frog is the world’s most widely distributed amphibian. It can be found lurking in ponds on four continents apart from Africa. There is even a population of albino African clawed ...
Los Angeles Times

Biologists Strive to Get a Jump on Prolific Frogs

SAN FRANCISCO — They may be unassuming, and sometimes even cute, but these slimy, 4-inch amphibians have some biologists worried about the future of Northern California’s lakes and streams. The ...
The Scientist

Tadpoles Keep Eating Because They Don’t Feel Full

“Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that the strong drive to eat prior to metamorphosis is due to the absence, or the relative immaturity of hypothalamic feeding control circuits,” the ...
The Conversation

How tadpoles advance the African clawed frog invasion

Natasha Kruger receives funding from the DSI-NRF Centre of excellence for Invasion Biology, Ambassade de France en Afrique du Sud (France). This study was part of the project Life Control stRategies ...
The Conversation

The African clawed frog can be found on five continents. And it doesn’t travel alone

Anneke Lincoln Schoeman receives funding from the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology. The African clawed frog is the world’s most widely distributed amphibian. It can be found lurking ...