Amphibians like frogs and toads are a great way to observe metamorphosis. They lay eggs that develop into tadpoles, and then ...

In 2013, two biologists named Jamie Voyles and Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki spent weeks slogging up and down mountainsides in Panama. “We were bug-bitten and beat up,” recalled Voyles, now an assistant ...

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 species of frogs in Southern California whose future was once uncertain may have hope for survival in the wild thanks to a multi-agency breeding and reintroduction program. More than 70 endangered ...

(NEW YORK) — Scientists from India have discovered seven new species of frogs, according to a news release Tuesday from PeerJ, a peer-reviewed biological and medical sciences journal. All of the newly ...

Q. Last year, you provided facts about salamanders. What can you tell us about frogs and toads? How are they different from other animals? What makes them special? A. Salamanders, although abundant in ...

Scientists have uncovered three new toad species that have been hiding in plain sight. These hauntingly beautiful tree toads from Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains have an unusual way of reproducing.

Three new toad species bypass the tadpole stage entirely, giving birth to fully formed babies in isolated mountain forests.

Researchers have identified a new species of poison-dart frog, Ranitomeya hwata, in the remote bamboo-forest of Alto Purus ...

The discovery of new species within the genera Leptobrachella and Leptolalax highlights the increasingly recognised complexity of anuran biodiversity across Asia. Recent taxonomic studies employing ...

The popularity of the famous French delicacy of cuisses de grenouille, or frogs’ legs, is threatening the existence of certain frog species, a group of more than 500 environmental campaigners has ...

The Audubon Zoo is home to hundreds of species from around the world, many of them dangerous and from tropical locales. Recently, however, government officials have sounded the alarm about one species ...