The term “marsupial frog” might sound like a hoax, but, believe it or not, it’s real. Recently, herpetologists welcomed a new species, known as Gastrotheca dysprosita and described in the journal ...
There are hundreds of species of frog in the world, each with unique and wondrous features that set it apart from others like it. Some of those frogs are, unfortunately, endangered, and it’s possible ...
Several teeny-tiny frogs, one big hop for amphibian conservation. Scientists have successfully bred a certain type of endangered Panamanian amphibian, the limosa harlequin frog, for the first time.
You’re probably familiar with the story of how frogs make more frogs. It goes like this: When a lady frog and a dude frog love each other very much, they play a little game of piggyback that results ...
In a new study, biologists laid to rest a century-old debate by confirming that a single species of frog, out of the more than 7,000 living today, has true teeth on its lower jaw. In a new study, ...
A 40 million-year-old frog fossil has revealed that cold-blooded frogs once inhabited a warm Antarctica. The specimen, discovered in 2015 by Swedish vertebrate paleontologist Dr. Thomas Mörs, is most ...
A Brazilian study described in an article published in the journal Salamandra evidences the versatility of amphibians in terms of reproductive modes: their eggs and larvae can develop in at least 74 ...
A 40 million-year-old frog fossil has revealed that cold-blooded frogs once inhabited a warm Antarctica. The specimen, discovered in 2015 by Swedish vertebrate paleontologist Dr. Thomas Mörs, is most ...