An invasive species — one that can survive in drought, freezing weather and even outer space — is consuming and competing with native species in western Washington, officials are warning. Scientists ...

African clawed frogs are very easy to keep in the lab.They were readily adopted by scientists as a model research animal. Author supplied The African clawed frog is the world’s most widely distributed ...

The African clawed frog is the world’s most widely distributed amphibian. It can be found lurking in ponds on four continents apart from Africa. There is even a population of albino African clawed ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. LiveScience A frog once widely imported and bred by hospitals because it lays eggs when injected with a pregnant woman's urine may have ...

African frog clade under the microscope He narrowed his focus to frogs in the clade Afrobatrachia, a group that study co-author David Blackburn, curator of herpetology at the Florida Museum, has ...

RENO, NV It turns out the tadpoles from Florida-based Grow-a-Frog -- which markets them as an educational tool -- are illegal in Nevada and at least 10 other U.S. states, authorities said. Agents ...

A genus of around 20 burrowing frog species found mostly in South Africa is famous for its members' short limbs, flat, angry-looking faces, and rounded “golf-ball” like bodies. Now, this collection of ...

Even within a single species, animals don't all respond in the same way to environmental changes. A new study of reed frogs in East Africa reveals that understanding these differences could be key to ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 6 (UPI) --A deadly fungus has wiped out entire species in Australia, Panama and Madagascar. Now, it's threatening frogs in Africa. According to a new study published in the ...

Millions of years ago, one species of frog diverged into two species. Millions of years later, the two frogs became one again, but with a few extra chromosomes due to whole genome duplication. Such is ...

The new species is described as having a flat face, downturned mouth, and round body, according to a study. Screen grab of photo shared on Facebook by Nick Evans. As an electrical storm hit a small ...