Frogs are interesting creatures, but they are best admired in marshes and other natural habitats, not on your front porch.

Frog eyes are distinctive, unique, and fascinating. They are huge, globular, and positioned atop their heads. We know that their eyesight is good, and thanks to their eye placement, frogs have ...

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

Wood frogs are highly dependent on environmental conditions to determine whether they are active. After fattening up during ...

What may sound like a spa day for frogs is all part of a global effort to fight the chytrid fungus — the deadly pathogen responsible for what scientists have called the largest disease-driven loss of ...

Long before winter seals the forest under ice, certain frogs begin preparing for a transformation that defies basic biology. The wood frog (Rana sylvatica), along with a few treefrog species like the ...

Scientists analyzing Bornean fanged frogs found what was once thought to be one species may actually be several genetically distinct species.

For nearly two centuries, a small brown frog living in Southeast Asian rainforests was considered a single, well-understood ...

Moving populations from one place to another is a conservation strategy called translocation. The new green and golden bell ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the Cretaceous forests of ancient Madagascar, one frog ...