Tag: amphibians

  • Nation & World

    Who will fight for the frogs?

    Indian herpetologists bring their life’s work to Harvard just as study shows a world hostile to the fate of amphibians.

    6 minutes
    Sathyabhama Das Biju (from left), James Hanken, Harvard’s Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, and Sonali Garg.
  • Nation & World

    All goes swimmingly

    Using simple hydrodynamics, a team of Harvard researchers was able to show that a handful of principles govern how virtually every animal — from the tiniest fish to birds to the largest whales — propel themselves through the water.

    4 minutes