In northeastern Bangladesh, the red narrow-mouthed frog (Microhyla rubra) is defying the monsoon, breeding in winter streams. It is a surprising twist that challenges assumptions about amphibian life ...

Although frogs and fish may appear similar from the water’s surface, they have many differences that make them easy to distinguish with a trained eye. Fish typically spend all of their lives in water.

An entomologist at Anglia Ruskin University has discovered seven new species of leafhopper. A researcher at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England has identified seven previously unknown ...

For decades, a silent killer has slaughtered frogs and salamanders around the world by eating their skins alive. Now, a global team of 41 scientists has announced that the pathogen—which humans ...

Despite the vast numbers of animal species already identified, the natural world is still capable of springing a few surprises. Deep in the cloud forests of the Serra do Quiriri mountain range in the ...

Plant reproduction is the production of new individuals from one or more parent plants. This can be accomplished by sexual or asexual means. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria offer a promising route to reduce ...

La Trobe University academics have developed a non-invasive way to monitor hormones in frogs in an important step towards protecting the vulnerable animals from extinction. Global frog populations are ...

La Trobe University academics have developed a non-invasive way to monitor hormones in frogs in an important step towards protecting the vulnerable animals from extinction. La Trobe University ...

In a new study, 79 percent of black-spotted pond frogs successfully consumed the northern giant hornet. Shinji Sugiura / Kobe University For a mouse several times its size, a sting from the “murder ...