Frogs fighting a deadly fungal infection could get a boost from tiny brick saunas. By spending time in a sun-warmed shelter, green and golden bell frogs infected with chytrid (Batrachochytrium ...

Despite a deadly disease which has nearly wiped out the critically endangered Alpine Tree Frog from the Snowy Mountains, a new study has found the species is fighting back by breeding more when ...

A fungal infection some scientists consider one of the worst wildlife diseases of all time is wreaking havoc on the global frog population. Now, scientists say they’ve discovered a way to help frogs ...

For a small frog, the alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina) packs a lot of surprises. For one, this tree frog lives in snowy gullies and high mountain crags across the Australian Alps, far from ...

A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat. By Emily Anthes For decades, a deadly fungal disease has been stalking the ...

One of Australia’s most endangered amphibians can fight off a deadly fungal infection with the help of a naturally heated shelter, which researchers are calling a “frog sauna”. The disease, ...

Cheers went up in March when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to secure critical habitat for the threatened Chiricahua leopard frog. But there are a few groans, too, most notably ...

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Crayfish frog, Lithobates areolatus, a large frog of the central and southern United States, that spends most of its life in the burrows of large crayfishes.© Mike Redmer/Shutterstock.com Crawfish ...