Despite a deadly disease which has nearly wiped out the critically endangered Alpine Tree Frog from the Snowy Mountains, a new study has found the species is fighting back by breeding more when ...

Researchers have developed simple, sun-heated shelters that allow frogs to raise their body temperatures and fight off a deadly fungal disease called chytridiomycosis. The study focused on the green ...

A fungal infection some scientists consider one of the worst wildlife diseases of all time is wreaking havoc on the global frog population. Now, scientists say they’ve discovered a way to help frogs ...

In the fragmented Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, where isolated patches of tropical canopy are separated by pasture and farmland, the bacteria living on a frog’s skin may depend on whether a ...

The post The Coqui Frog's Risky Survival Bet: Grow Fast or Fight Disease appeared first on A-Z Animals. There are false notions out there regarding the limits of physiological processes. For years, ...

For years, biologists observed the last known Cascades frog in Lassen Volcanic National Park as she sat in shallow pools of water, spring after spring, waiting to hear the mating calls of male frogs.

Crayfish frog, Lithobates areolatus, a large frog of the central and southern United States, that spends most of its life in the burrows of large crayfishes.© Mike Redmer/Shutterstock.com Crawfish ...

A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat. By Emily Anthes For decades, a deadly fungal disease has been stalking the ...

Scientists identify best practices for reintroduction of endangered and extinct amphibians in a new publication. Atelopus limosus has been threatened by the deadly chytrid fungus, which is believed to ...

They pretend they’re dead and use a variety of other tactics to avoid the advances of overeager males, proving they’re not defenseless and passive. By Elizabeth Preston Some male frogs cannot take a ...

Cheers went up in March when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to secure critical habitat for the threatened Chiricahua leopard frog. But there are a few groans, too, most notably ...