Scientists have discovered a promising new approach to fighting cancer in the gut bacteria of a Japanese tree frog, with one ...

Researchers discovered that a poison frog species described decades ago was based on a mix-up involving the wrong museum ...

What if you had the power of invisibility, but it only works when you’re asleep? That might be useful for a surreptitious nap in public, but it still probably wouldn’t suit you as well as it does the ...

Quick Take Boulenger’s backpack frog carries eggs in a dorsal pouch on its back instead of dropping them into water. This ...

Dissecting a frog was once a rite of passage for high school students (and sometimes junior high students) across the country. Coming up through the grades you'd hear fellow students talking about it, ...

While most frogs eat a diet rich in insects, one species in Brazil has its own method of nourishment: dunking itself headfirst into a flower's bulb to slurp up its sweet nectar. When the frog comes up ...

She’s just not that into you” isn’t a sentiment that male European common frogs seem to understand—at least not during ...

On a sweltering afternoon in northeastern Madagascar, the coolness of a leaf’s shade is an attractive respite for a frog. But some of these oases may hide hungry architects: huntsman spiders. New ...

More than 200 million frogs make it onto menus each year, a new analysis finds. Although the actual number is unknown, statistical projections suggest it could be as high as 1 billion, according to ...

Frogs have been called the equivalent of the canary in the coalmine, harbingers for the health of our environment. When frogs go silent, something is amiss. So we’re going to spend some time talking ...

Frogs once lived alongside dinosaurs. About 45 million years ago, the North Sea covered half of Germany. It’s incredible to think these little creatures survived the dinosaurs’ extinction. But a lower ...

If you want shredded pecs, you should train like a burrowing frog. Though famously round, these diggers are the unsung bodybuilders of the frog world. You might think the buffest frogs would be high ...