nbcconnecticut.com – By Bob Connors
I guess you can call them transgender frogs.
A group of Yale ecologists have found a surprising number of male frogs around Connecticut with very distinct properties that make them different from other male frogs. These frogs are carrying eggs, and the Yale team told the Waterbury Republican American they can’t seem to figure out why.
“Seeing rates of deformity that high has been enormously surprising,” Yale researcher David Skelly told Republican American.