Meet the Nearly Extinct Frog That Communicates by Waving

Living beside roaring waterfalls makes croaking useless, so this critically endangered Panamanian frog evolved a completely ...

Seven new diamond frog species reveal Madagascar's hidden amphibian diversity

An international team of scientists has described seven new species of Madagascar's elusive diamond frogs (Rhombophryne), ...

Forgotten fossil from 1950s is actually a new species of Ice Age frog

Paleontologists sifting through the archives of Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits have discovered a new species of extinct Ice ...
CNN

Giant chicken frog faces extinction due to a deadly amphibian fungus

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The mountain ...
Forbes

Meet The Frog That Freezes Solid Every Winter — And Thaws Back To Life Every Spring

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. It looks dead for months, its body packed with ice. But ...
Forbes

Meet The Frog That Breaks The No. 1 Amphibian Rule. Hint: It Survives Where No Other Species Can

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most amphibians die when exposed to salt — except the ...
Phys.org

New Peruvian frog leaps into amphibian species ledger

Peruvian officials on Wednesday announced the discovery of a brand-new frog, a spotted brown critter with an unusual eye coloring and no eardrum, in a natural park in the Amazon jungle. The jumper ...
ucdavis.edu

Frog Love Songs and the Sounds of Climate Change

Male Sierran chorus frogs change their breeding calls depending on the temperature, a UC Davis study found. (BenderPhoto, Getty Images) When the time is right, a good love song can make all the ...
The Conversation

‘Vaccinating’ frogs may or may not protect them against a pandemic – but it does provide another option for conservation

California red-legged frogs are threatened with extinction. KQED QUEST/Flickr, CC BY-NC When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, many wildlife disease researchers like me were not too surprised. Some ...