A group of frogs from Madagascar have mating calls that sound like Star Trek sound effects – now their species names honour ...

A newly discovered species of ancient amphibian ancestor that lived around 270 million years ago has been named after Kermit the Frog. Scientists analysed the remains of an inch-long fossilised ...

Most everyone recognizes frogs. Frogs, like salamanders and newts, are amphibians. Unlike salamanders, they have made a major evolutionary detour from the body plan of their ancient ancestors. The ...

Although frog glue has been discovered throughout the ... involves a deviation that evolved in an early amphibian ancestor. In other words, glue genes evolved before the glue itself.

The early fossil record of amphibians and their ancestors is largely fragmentary which makes it hard to figure out how frogs, salamanders and their kin evolved. Discovering new species like ...

H yacinth macaws, blue and vast, a metre long from tail to beak; the jaguar, stocky and muscular, whose ancestors crossed the ...

Many species of frog are known to be poisonous, such as the often colourful poison dart frogs. But although incredibly rare, there are species that are venomous too. There are currently only two ...

The new Deadlock anti-cheat gives cheaters their own medicine by turning them into frogs before banning them. Here is how it ...

Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology.

The Eiffinger's tree frog (Kurixalus eiffingeri), found on Ishigaki and Iriomote islands in Japan, has a unique biological adaptation: its tadpoles do not defecate during their early developmental ...