Lungless frogs are not so lungless after all

An article describing a “lungless” frog species residing in Borneo was retracted at the request of the lead author earlier this month in light of new data. Using traditional dissection and histology techniques, Dr. David Bickford (who worked at the National University of Singapore at the time) and colleagues had described the apparent lack of lungs in Barbourula kalimantanensis frogs, which would place this species among only a few known […]

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