Juvenile Agalychnis annae tree frog The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will weigh a ban on Atrazine, a widely used herbicide linked to sex reversal and other reproductive problems in amphibians…
Giant Palm Footed Salamander (Bolitoglossa dofleini). Photo by Robin Moore/robindmoore.com. Fifteen conservation groups have banded together to save around 2,400 hectares (6,000 acres) of primary rainforest in Guatemala, home to…
The three-toed pygmy sloth. Photo © Craig Turner/ZSL. The pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) is one of the world's most endangered mammals, according to a detailed survey of the population,…
The yellow dyer rain frog (Diasporus citrinobapheus) is a new species of frog discovered in Panama. Photo by: Andreas Hertz. A beautiful, yellow frog species has been discovered in western…
Devastated rainforest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. In 48 years wildlife populations in the tropics, the region that holds the bulk of the world's biodiversity, have fallen…
Red-eye treefrog. Today is Save the Frogs Day, a global event that aims to raise awareness on the plight of amphibians, which are increasingly endangered by climate change, habitat loss…
Confirmed new frog species from Betampona Forest Reserve in the Boophis genus. Photo by: Gonçalo M. Rosa. A forest less than half the size of Manhattan sports an astounding number…
Newly discovered Platymantis species. Photo by: Arvin Diesmos. Two new frogs have been discovered on the Philippine island of Leyte during a biological survey last year by Fauna and Flora…
The Bururi long-fingered frog was rediscovered after missing for 62 years. Photo by: David Blackburn. A pair of researchers have rediscovered a long-lost frog in the tiny African country of…
Given their often tiny size and cryptic nature, how does one determine frog populations in the rainforest? Just eavesdrop. A new study in mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Society…
http://www.youtube.com/embed/xjt2TawPrpk Researchers exploring northeast India have discovered a new family of legless amphibians, known as caecilians. Although caecilians superficially resemble giant earthworms, they are in fact vertebrates and are most…
Golden poison frog. Photo by: © ProAves. Touching a wild golden poison frog could kill you within minutes: in fact, a single golden poison frog, whose Latin name Phyllobates terribilis…
The San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research in California, USA has been a partner in the recovery of the Southern California population of Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs, Rana muscosa, over…
An interview with Jodi Rowley, a part of our on-going Interviews with Young Scientists series. One of Jodi Rowley's new discoveries: the vampire flying frog (Rhacophorus vampyrus). Photo by: Jodi…
Giant leaf frogs are among the 50 reptiles and amphibian species found in the park. Photo by: Andre Baertschi. Surveying a little-explored park in the Peruvian Amazon has paid off…
Invasive American bullfrog in British Colombia. Photo by: Alan D. Wils. Santa Cruz, California has become the first city in the U.S. to ban the importation, sale, release, and possession…
Researchers have found that some frogs in Madagascar communicate by more than just sound and sight: they create distinct airborne pheromones, which are secreted chemicals used for communicating with others.…
A possible new species of frog: Hypsiboas sp. (nickname "cowboy frog") has white fringes along the legs and a spur on the heel. The frog was discovered low on a…
Unidentified moth in Madagascar. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. In 2009 researchers described and named 19,232 species new to science, pushing the number of known species on Earth to just…
One of EDGE's focal mammals: the red slender loris (Loris tardigradus). Photo by: James T. Reardon/ZSL. What do Attenborough's echidna, the bumblebee bat, and the purple frog have in common?…
The new species Paedophryne amauensis is the world's smallest vertebrate...so far. Photo from: Rittmeyer EN et al. (2012) Ecological Guild Evolution and the Discovery of the World's Smallest Vertebrate. PLoS…
Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog being fed after being treated for Chytridiomycosis in Panama. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. The chytrid fungus, which is responsible for the collapse of numerous amphibian…
This interview is an excerpt from The WildLife with Laurel Neme, a program that explores the mysteries of the animal world through interviews with scientists and other wildlife investigators. "The…
This interview is an excerpt from The WildLife with Laurel Neme, a program that explores the mysteries of the animal world through interviews with scientists and other wildlife investigators. "The…
A holotype of Paedophryne dekot (BPBM 37753), B paratype of Paedophryne dekot (BPBM 37754), C paratype of Paedophryne verrucosa (BPBM 37743), and D paratype of Paedophryne verrucosa (BPBM 37745). Image…
The male Quang's tree frog has uniquely complex vocalizations. Photo by: Jodi J. L. Rowley/Australian Museum. If you're trudging through the high-altitude forests of northern Vietnam and you hear bird…
Female Toad Mountain Harlequin Toad (Atelopus certus) at the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project. This species is threatened by the chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) outbreak. Photo by Rhett A.…
Emerald eyed tree frog (Hypsiboas crepitans). Photo by Rhett A. Butler In recognition of Amphibian Ark winning mongabay.com's 2011 conservation award, our pictures of the day this week will focus…
Blue-and-yellow poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius). Photos by Rhett A. Butler In recognition of Amphibian Ark winning mongabay.com's 2011 conservation award, our pictures of the day this week will focus…
New species of frog: the cloaked moss frog (Theloderma palliatum). Photo by: Jodi J. L. Rowley/Australian Museum. Researchers have discovered two new frog species living in the montane tropical forests…
