That Phyllobates poison dart frogs are highly poisonous is well known – it’s in their name, after all, and a single frog can ...

Common midwife toads survive deadly fungus when their immune defenses develop early, revealing hope for amphibian survival ...

New research involving Queen Mary University of London reveals that amphibians can change what they eat to cope with rising ...

Imagine a bright orange frog so small it can sit on your fingernail — and yet so elusive that it stayed hidden from scientists for years despite its vibrant coloring. Researchers finally uncovered ...

Birds, hedgehogs, amphibians and insects are among the creatures most affected, with conservationists urging gardeners to ...

Climate change is reshaping the lives of animals in ways that often go unseen. For frogs, toads and salamanders, one of those ...

Toads aren't associated with witches, the occult, or warts. But their glands do have a potent toxin used for self-defense.

Some harlequin frogs have lost their poison—and their ability to defend themselves. Scientists are on the case.

Translocation intends to minimize the impacts of development. Research shows that we are moving millions of animals and have no idea what happens to them next.

For decades, biologists thought that early tetrapods, ancient vertebrates that started conquering the land over 300 million years ago, developed like modern amphibians—beginning their lives as purely ...

Zoo staff members are breeding thousands of tadpoles to ship to Puerto Rico in an effort to save from extinction the island’s endangered crested toad, known as the sapo concho in Spanish.