By Astrid Arellano Deep within the cloud forests of the San Martín region of Peru lie two places so high, cold and remote ...

A year after the Mosquito Fire scorched much of Northern California, a rare species of frog has been found to have survived the huge blaze. One of the largest populations of California red-legged ...

Frogs have long held a bad rap (at least among some people) for being slimy, even scary, critters, but that's not very fair to these amazing amphibians. There are currently around 7,600 known species ...

A decades-old mix-up in a museum collection led scientists to mistakenly identify a Peruvian poison frog as a new species.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A frog species once considered unique for its apparent total lack of ...

Listen to the call of the newly discovered leopard frog Researchers have identified a new species of leopard frog living in largely urban areas in the Interstate 95 corridor from the metropolitan ...

Germán Chávez is no stranger to the Amazon rain forest, where he says "one can't help but get excited" by all the reptiles and amphibians that he has made a career out of studying. But when he came ...

Frogs and their amphibian cousins are being decimated by a deadly fungal infection contributing to the endangerment and extinction of hundreds of species around the world. The disease, ...

Scientists have found seven new species of frogs in Madagascar whose high-pitched calls they say are like the “sound effects from the sci-fi television series Star Trek”. Researchers from the ...

Now scientists have formally described it as a new species: Brachycephalus lulai, a pumpkin toadlet found only in a small ...

Although frogs and fish may appear similar from the water’s surface, they have many differences that make them easy to distinguish with a trained eye. Fish typically spend all of their lives in water.

Germán Chávez is no stranger to the Amazon rain forest, where he says "one can't help but get excited" by all the reptiles and amphibians that he has made a career out of studying. But when he came ...