Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When it comes to fossilization, amber is the miracle material you ...

An example of an oophaga pumilio, also known as the strawberry poision dart frog. Houstonians have lots of pets, and that goes way beyond the dogs and cats that most commonly live with us. Reptile and ...

Using cutting-edge genetic engineering, researchers have developed a model to study hereditary kidney disease with the help of tropical frogs. The method allows them to collect large amounts of data ...

About 99 million years ago, tiny frogs hopped through a wet, tropical forest — and an unlucky few ran afoul of some tree sap. Four newly described frog fossils, preserved in amber, offer the earliest ...

Add frogs with claws to the list of usual animals you might find in Florida. Residents may soon be facing off with another invasive pest as the nonnative tropical clawed frog has been identified in ...

Critically endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs who were raised and cared for at Long Beach's Aquarium of the Pacific are being released back into their habitat in the Southern California mountains ...

A North Carolina aquarium is releasing hundreds of frogs back into the wild after raising them up from tiny eggs. In a successful animal release, the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher announced ...

University of Florida scientists have confirmed a clawed frog species in the Tampa area. The Tropical clawed frog is also known as the Western clawed frog. This marks the first report of this species ...

Have you ever wondered how city life affects animals like frogs? A new study reveals that urban Túngara frog tadpoles develop faster —but end up being smaller — than tadpoles from forests, probably ...

In 2004, the frogs of El Copé, Panama, began dying by the thousands. The culprit: the deadly chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Within months, roughly half of native frog species there ...

What explains the vivid colors of the strawberry poison-dart frog? Piotr Naskrecki / Minden Pictures In the animal world as in fashion, bright color makes a bold statement. The vivid hues of the ...