Author: Jace
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“Marquette Hybrid” Poison Dart Frogs on Campus…
Thanks to the Marquette Physics Department, who has kindly installed a 95-gallon vivarium right outside of the 153 lecture hall on the first floor of Wehr Physics. This indoor jungle is home to our “Marquette Hybrid” Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) as well as a few Santa Isabel Dart Frogs (Epipedobates anthonyi). These species are…
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Baby milk frogs…or little pandas ?!
We have little panda-frogs for the first time! Amazon Milk frogs are native to parts of the Amazon River basin in South America. In the wild, if threatened by a predator, they ooze a milky white irritating secretion from their backs. In captivity, these frogs are quite chill, and do not do this. These frogs…
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Have you heard about the solid royal purple “superfood” cherry tomatoes?
How cool is this!!! Brand new to the world of gardeners this year: Seeds of the “Empress” solid purple cherry tomato became approved for sale to the US public! Scientists at Norfolk Healthy Produce were able to use bioengineering technology to insert the dark anthocyanin-pigment trigger gene from snapdragon flowers (which are also edible) and…