While basically all frogs are semi-aquatic to some degree, some species spend nearly all of their lives underwater! Though they are quite rare, there are several notable varieties of nearly fully ...

Researchers have identified a new species of miniature marsupial frog that carries its young in a pouch on its back — a trait ...

In 2019, the last known 14 Loa water frogs (Telmatobius dankoi) were evacuated from a swiftly vanishing stream in northern Chile. Now, after more than a year of meticulous care, they have produced 200 ...

Peru’s rare and endangered Titicaca water frogs are in even more trouble now, after 10,0000 of them turned up dead along the Coata River in Puno. The river, which feeds into Lake Titicaca, serves as a ...

Water frogs have emerged as a compelling model in evolutionary biology due to their unusual modes of hybridization and reproductive genomics. Interspecific crosses between parental species have given ...

Animals drinking water is a common phenomenon, and most of them do so by using their mouth. However, when we talk about frogs, they do so in a very unique and fascinating manner. Unlike other animals, ...

A clutch of critically-endangered water frogs rescued from a muddy puddle in Chile’s driest desert has birthed 200 offspring at the country’s national zoo, the Chilean government announced on ...

Frogs are some of the most widespread amphibians in the United States, thriving in pretty much any area with plenty of water, like rivers, lakes, ponds, wetlands, and even temporary pools. These ...

The period from mid-March to mid-April is critical for the lifecycle of most amphibians. Many species of salamanders and ...

At least 217 people, mostly young children, have been sickened by salmonella spread by pet African dwarf water frogs, government health officials said. A single California breeder of the frogs has ...