The post-winter rains have come, temperatures are rising, and salamanders are undertaking their once-a-year migrations to ...
World Frog Day 2026 highlights how frogs support ecosystems and why their decline signals environmental problems.
By Mongabay.com March 20 is World Frog Day. Frogs and toads have inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years, but 40% of amphibians species are now at risk of extinction, according to the latest ...
The hairy frog, also known as the wolverine frog or horror frog, is a remarkably unique species of frog native to Central Africa. Hairy frogs (Trichobatrachus robustus) are in the “squeaker” frog ...
A frog species known since 1838 may actually be several different species, according to a new genetic study of Southeast Asia’s “fanged frogs.” ...
Chilling new evidence suggests amphibians may be in worse shape than previously thought due to climate change. Further, the findings indicate that the 70 percent decline in amphibians over the past 35 ...
What may sound like a spa day for frogs is all part of a global effort to fight the chytrid fungus — the deadly pathogen responsible for what scientists have called the largest disease-driven loss of ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Frogs are on the edge. Blasted by habitat loss, pollution, and a terrible disease, the chytrid fungus, species are vanishing worldwide and those ...
Scientists suggest female frogs listen for changes in the male calls as a signal for when it's warm enough to mate.
Quick Take Chytrid fungus has caused the decline of over 500 amphibian species and at least 90 presumed extinctions worldwide ...