Scientists hope frog 'spas' and 'saunas' may help reintroduce a species to the ACT that has been missing for almost 50 years.

If not for a pair of Smithsonian scientists, the fingernail-size frog from Brazil would have likely gone extinct without ever being described ...

Most amphibians die when exposed to salt — except the crab-eating frog, which thrives with it. Here’s how it rewrote the ...

A duplicated gene evolved into a switch that determines sex in frogs, revealing how evolution can safely reshape critical ...

Hundreds of the animals were loaded into coolers and hiked into the backcountry.

MCCAMMON: In Peru, a research expedition traveled over mountains and through thick forests, going further than any team of scientists. GERMAN CHAVEZ: It's an area where very few scientific expeditions ...

Researchers have identified a new species of poison-dart frog, Ranitomeya hwata, in the remote bamboo-forest of Alto Purus National Park located in eastern Peru. This newly discovered amphibian is the ...

A new frog species has been discovered hopping around South America - with nothing to hide. The Guajira Giant Glass Frog lives on an isolated mountain range in Colombia. It's described as a ...

Early in development, many animals pick a team—male or female—based on their genetics, and, with time, acquire the ...