Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tree toads likely evolved to give live birth because they don't live near water. A frog’s lifecycle is likely one of the earliest ...

Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology. Eiffinger’s tree ...

Have you ever wondered how city life affects animals like frogs? A new study reveals that urban Túngara frog tadpoles develop faster —but end up being smaller — than tadpoles from forests, probably ...

Call it a grand-phibian. Scientists have unearthed a fossil of the world’s oldest tadpole in Argentina — a shock finding that could alter our understanding of amphibian evolution, experts say.

Mirror photo by Rachel Foor / AAron Capouellez created the citizen science project Frog Week to increase interest in conservation efforts for pickerel frogs, gray tree frogs and wood frogs, among ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Zoo has released 450 tadpoles and 193 subadult southern mountain yellow-legged frogs into the streams of the San Gabriel Mountains in an effort to restore the species ...

If you've seen, or heard, the large number of frogs and toads near the Virgin River lately, you're not alone. A local expert ...

With 8.2 billion people in the world, cities are constantly expanding, rapidly altering the environment. Animals that undergo complete metamorphosis, such as frogs, may face bigger challenges as they ...