Colorful poison frogs in the Amazon owe their great diversity to ancestors that leapt into the region from the Andes Mountains several times during the last 10 million years, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2009
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When it comes to laying eggs, tree frogs have some unusual habits. Instead of always laying their eggs on tree branches where they usually live, they often lay their eggs on the ground. But why would a tree frog do this, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2024
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In nature, there are winners and losers. The winners gain survival and reproduction, while the losers generally die. To gain an advantage, winners may adopt strategies that involve elements of dishonesty or deception.
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2023
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A new study from the University of Florida investigates how climate change and the spread of invasive species can combine to create a dual threat to biodiversity.
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2023
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Over the past few weeks, we've received a flurry of emails from concerned people who've seen sick and dead frogs across eastern Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Plants & Animals
Jul 29, 2021
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Frog calls are iconic sounds of summer in Australia. There are more than 240 species native to Australia, almost all of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
Ecology
Dec 29, 2020
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The eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains in central Perú are among the most remote places in the world.
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2020
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Researchers have identified how a fungal skin infection is wiping out our native frog species at an alarming rate.
Plants & Animals
Jan 30, 2019
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In an ordinary house tucked away on a quiet street in Oakland, Josiah Zayner stands over a container filled with green tree frogs with a syringe in hand.
Biotechnology
Jan 24, 2019
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One of the world's most spectacular frogs has been identified as a new species after 20 years of painstaking research at The University of Manchester.
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2018
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