The next time you snivel, "I am freezing to death," you might want to consider the wood frog, which withstands such ...

Climate change is currently one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and one of the groups of animals most affected by the increase in temperature is amphibians. A team of scientists studied how ...

Miguel Vences was dissecting a frog no bigger than his fingernail when he smelled an unusual acrid smell. “Maybe it can be compared with vinegar,” he says. “It is a totally different smell, but ...

Anuran amphibians are important consumers of arthropods in tropical ecosystems. Previous research has indicated that very small, terrestrial frogs, especially juveniles, largely consume small leaf ...

Experiments reveal that pond frogs can eat highly venomous hornets without suffering noticeable damage, even after repeated stings. Most frogs successfully consumed hornets, including the notorious ...

Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Mar., 2000), pp. 40-46 (7 pages) This study investigates predator size and prey type as potential proximal causes of differences among diets of three lizard ...

Fewer than 100 dusky gopher frogs were known to remain. Thanks to some very dedicated humans, numbers are now on the rise. Credit...Tony Cenicola/the New York Times Supported by By Catrin Einhorn It ...