Wow, get set for some really freaky frogs in today’s blog post! The latest breaking news is that a team of scientists in Japan have bred a see-through frog—no kidding. Why see-through? It’s the newest way to make high school science labs a little more frog-friendly! Each year millions of science students around the world dissect (cut apart) frogs to get a closer look at their organs, such as their heart, lungs, and guts. But the problem is that they have to cut up dead frogs to see these structures. Enter Japanese scientist Masayuki Sumida and his see-through frogs! This frog’s skin is so pale that students are able to see right through it and observe its organs while the frog is alive! They get to see its heart pumping and the happy frog gets to live to see another dawn! Everyone is happy, including Dr. Sumida, who bred this new type of frog for exactly that—to create humane (frog-friendly) science classrooms. Two giant thumbs up for Dr. Sumida! Apparently, students will get to observe these frogs over their entire lifetime. This means they will see some amazing changes in a frog’s organs as it grows from a tadpole to a full-grown frog. If they are lucky, they can even watch their see-through frog laying eggs! Now that’s something to “croak” about!

To see a video of these frogs in action, go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/default.stm and type “see-through frog” in the search box. Watch the frog’s organs in action right on your computer screen!