Researchers discovered that a poison frog species described decades ago was based on a mix-up involving the wrong museum ...

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

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A tiny frog with an impressive snout has been discovered in the ...

Discovered in the forests of Brazil, Brachycephalus lulai – a new species of pumpkin toadlet frog – is named after the country's president Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva ...

Scientists at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum recently uncovered a mistake that dates back decades ...

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, ...

Eliminating an invasive species in Patagonia has made way for a native frog to return to the wild, according to Mongabay. The El Rincon stream frog is endemic to a small patch of territory only 3.7 ...

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

When we think of evolution, we think of a process that happens over hundreds or thousands of years. In research recently published, a species of frog that has evolved over the course of merely 25 ...

They’re tiny, adorable and endangered: Six new species of miniature frog have been discovered in Mexico by researchers from the University of Cambridge, London’s Natural History Museum and the ...

Curitiba, Brazil used to be forests, wetlands, fields and streams before it was developed over the last half-century. Gilberto Jacob via Unsplash As new species are discovered around the world, others ...

A good question! Frogs are amphibians. This means they can’t regulate their own body temperatures and start life as water-dwelling creatures. As they mature, they grow legs and lungs to live on land.