It's not easy being green, as a famous frog once sang - and in recent decades, just surviving has become even harder for frogs and other amphibians. They are experiencing a 3.79 percent average annual ...

Scientists found a “lean” creature with “diamond-shaped” eyes floating in a pond of India and discovered a new species. Photo from Pratik Patil via Unsplash In a pond of western India, a “squat” ...

Frogs are slimy, noisy and often colorful. But what about freakishly strong, helicopter parents? New research shows that Goliath frogs -- the world's largest frog species, found in Cameroon and ...

Road salt can often wash into nearby wetlands and ponds and hurt freshwater wildlife, but some animals appear to be adapting. By Ethan Freedman Published Apr 2, 2024 9:00 AM EDT Get the Popular ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. Today's question comes from Andy, calling from Dover, New Hampshire. Alejandro Vélez: That is a ...

Pond frogs' tolerance to hornet venom positions them as key predators and valuable models for studying pain resistance and ecological interactions in nature.

The scientist traipses to a pond wearing rubber boots but he doesn’t enter the water. Instead, Brad Hollingsworth squats next to its swampy edge and retrieves a recording device the size of a deck of ...

BEND, Ore. — In 2012, Jay Bowerman received an exciting email from a friend. The message contained a photo of an Oregon spotted frog that the friend’s 6-year-old nephew, Brett Judish, had caught in ...

In a pond of western India, a “squat” creature clutched a stick and floated along the surface. Its “diamond-shaped” eyes scanned the surrounding landscape — but it wasn’t the only one looking around.