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Plants & Animals Aug 28, 2025

Endangered frog species is hopping around Southern California once again

More than 350 frogs made the leap back into the Southern California wilderness this month, part of an effort from the Birch Aquarium and other regional partners to reintroduce an endangered species to its home waters.

Ecology Aug 27, 2025

The call of a native frog is heard again in Southern California thanks to help from Mexico and AI

The scientist traipses to a pond wearing rubber boots but he doesn't enter the water. Instead, Brad Hollingsworth squats next to its swampy edge and retrieves a recording device the size of a deck of cards. He then opens ...

Plants & Animals Aug 14, 2025

Scientists use climate data to map and predict amphibian chytrid disease

Researchers may have a new tool in the fight to protect neotropical frogs from extinction, thanks to climate data.

Plants & Animals Aug 14, 2025

Study reveals rich but vulnerable picture of Australia's island frogs and fish

A first database has been compiled of the frog and freshwater fish species on hundreds of Australian islands.

Cell & Microbiology Aug 12, 2025

Bee and frog proteins—nature's double defense against farm superbugs

A new study reveals that combining natural antimicrobial peptides can significantly slow the development of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria. The research shows that using two peptides together prevents harmful bacteria ...

Plants & Animals Jul 17, 2025

Historical and current population DNA reveals at least 12 species of rocket frogs, three of which already extinct

A group led by University of São Paulo (USP) researchers in Brazil has described a new genus of frogs, Dryadobates, also known as rocket frogs, which was previously considered a single species. The study was published in ...

Ecology Jul 11, 2025

Exploring animal life in the radioactive shadows of Chornobyl and Fukushima

A team of researchers in France are building on fundamental experimental research undertaken in the Ukrainian Chornobyl exclusion zone with a new project in the Japanese Fukushima Prefecture to further our understanding of ...

Ecology Jul 4, 2025

'Frogging' takes off in Borneo's jungle

Dodging fire-ants, snakes and millions of nighttime creepy-crawlies, a group of trekkers advances through the humid Bornean rainforest, scanning with flashlights for some of the jungle's most unlikely stars: frogs.

Plants & Animals Jun 30, 2025

Living small in a big city: Urban Túngara frog tadpoles develop faster but end up being tinier

Have you ever wondered how city life affects animals like frogs? A new study reveals that urban Túngara frog tadpoles develop faster—but end up being smaller—than tadpoles from forests, probably resulting in smaller adults. ...

Plants & Animals Jun 25, 2025

Hidden gems in the mist: Three new frog species uncovered in northern Peru

High in the cloud-wrapped peaks of the Cordillera de Huancabamba, where the Andes dip and twist into isolated ridges, a team of Peruvian scientists has brought three secretive frogs out of obscurity and into the scientific ...

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