When I got my first look at Boulenger’s backpack frog, I thought the poor thing was suffering from the world’s most unpleasant skin disease. The frog in this video appears to be wearing a cluster of ...

World Frog Day 2026 highlights how frogs support ecosystems and why their decline signals environmental problems.

THIS IS THE GALAXY FROG. It was once lost to science, a ghost in the forests of India. Thought extinct for decades, its ...

A frog species known since 1838 may actually be several different species, according to a new genetic study of Southeast Asia ...

DNA analysis reveals a fanged frog scientists thought was one species for nearly 200 years is actually several hidden species.

Certain species of wasps and frogs share a pain and inflammation peptide similar to one found in vertebrates to help defend against predators—a discovery that contributes to a shifting view of how ...

Newly discovered proto-amphibian, Kermitops (USNM PAL 407585) from the Department of Paleobiology collections at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. The species is named ...

Roy M. Farman received funding from the Research Training Program through the University of New South Wales. Mike Archer has received funding from the Australian Research Council, the Australian ...