Alsodes vittatus had disappeared from scientific records and proven elusive for more than a century before its recent rediscovery. In the remote, mist-shrouded foothills of the Chilean Andes lies a ...

Almost two-thirds of Australia is privately owned. But most of our scientific understanding of how threatened species are faring comes from research done on public lands. Traditional biodiversity ...

A team of researchers has rediscovered a frog species which has not been seen in more than 130 years. First described in 1902, Alsodes vittatus had evaded detection since then, despite multiple search ...

The release of hundreds of dusky gopher frogs in Mississippi may sound like a small wildlife update, but it carries much larger conservation meaning. When roughly 500 critically endangered frogs are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The jewel-like lakes of the High Sierra in Yosemite National Park are awe-inspiring sights. But for more than a hundred years they ...

Around 500 rare dusky gopher frogs were released in south Mississippi as part of an effort to rebuild the critically endangered species' population A local resident, Jim Currie, offered up his private ...

Credit: Dr. John Gould An endangered Australian frog has been hiding a remarkable visual trick in plain sight. Researchers at ...

University of Newcastle researchers have documented one of the clearest examples of iridescence ever recorded in an amphibian, revealing that the endangered green and golden bell frog (Ranoidea aurea) ...

Gopher frog habitat is shrinking, but the Edenton National Fish Hatchery is helping them survive. North Carolina is giving endangered gopher frogs a head start. The Wildlife Resources Commission and ...

For a small frog, the alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina) packs a lot of surprises. For one, this tree frog lives in snowy gullies and high mountain crags across the Australian Alps, far from ...