Pesticides Mess with Immunity: Double whammy promotes frog deformities

Agricultural pollutants may conspire with parasites to derail frog development in many regions of North America, according to a new study.

FREAKY FROG. Amphibians infected with parasites sport extra legs. Kiesecker/Penn State University

Malformed frogs–with bent spines and extra or missing hind limbs–have been documented since the 1700s.