New Jersey is home to a total of 16 species of frogs and toads, 13 of which have been spotted in North Jersey. They live in a range of habitats from lakes to forests to right in your backyard, which ...

A new type of glass frog has been discovered in Ecuador, and researchers have named it after weightlifter Neisi Dajomes, the first Ecuadorian woman to win an Olympic gold medal.

Frogs are a diverse group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians in the order Anura. They occur across most of the world (excluding polar regions), with the greatest species richness in the tropics, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frogs have long held a bad rap (at least among some people) for being slimy, even scary, critters, but that's not very fair to ...

The frogs were sitting low over dark, slow-moving streams, their bodies bright green against moss, bromeliads, and sandstone.

A new study shows that nearly half of frog and toad species in Latin America may lose their habitat range by 2050. Trachycephalus mesophaeus is among the species identified in a new study as likely to ...

Vijayan's night frog (Nyctibatrachus pulivijayani), a 13.6 mm miniature-sized frog from the Agasthyamala hills in the Western Ghats in India, sits comfortably on a thumbnail. It is one of seven newly ...

Some scientists worry that widespread enthusiasm over rediscovering lost or presumed-extinct species can underplay the rocky road to recovery that these species often face. Research suggests many ...

When a new species is discovered, it's tempting to imagine an adventure novel, said Chan Kin Onn of Michigan State University. "Most people have this image of an intrepid explorer braving an isolated ...