Matsés shaman with frog. Photograph taken by Christopher Herndon, MD in a remote region of the upper Peruvian Amazon. In recognition of Amphibian Ark winning mongabay.com's 2011 conservation award, our…
Red-eyed tree frog. Photo by Rhett Butler. In recognition of Amphibian Ark winning mongabay.com's 2011 conservation award, our pictures of the day this week will focus on amphibians. The red-eyed…
The Panamanian golden toad, a species now extinct in the wild, is being bred in a number of facilities around the world to ensure its survival. Photo by Rhett A.…
Foul smelling frogs may save lives, according to new research in the Journal of Proteome Research. Examining nine species of Chinese frogs, known as "odorous" frogs for their off-putting smell,…
The Hula painted frog (Discoglossus nigriventer) was last seen in 1955. Photo by Professor Heinrich Mendelssohn/Conservation International. After its marshland was drained, researchers thought the Hula painted frog (Discoglossus nigriventer)…
Dead men tell no tales, but dead frogs can speak volumes. Scientists have shown that frogs and salamanders preserved in museums tell the history of a deadly fungus and its…
The golden toad (Bufo periglenes) is one of well-over a hundred frogs that are believed to have gone extinct over the past few decades. Photo by: US Fish and Wildlife…
One of Ghana's 78 recorded frogs: Leptopeles spiritusnoctis. Photo by: SAVE THE FROGS!. Frogs need all the help they can get. With the IUCN Red List estimating that 41 percent…
Giant monkey frog at ZSL. Photo by Grant Kother. Giant Monkey Frog T-shirt CAUTION: Sucking on this frog may make you insane. A Halloween enrichment exercise for a giant monkey…
Brown-headed parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) fledgling in tree cavity in Botswana. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs. Aged, living trees are essential for over 1,000 birds and mammals that depend on such trees…
Scientist trying to save a La Loma tree frog, a species imperiled by chytridiomycosis at Panama's Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Scientists with Cornell have…
Baby blue poison dart frog. Photo by Rhett A Butler The blue color form of the green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) is occurs on the Pacific side of parts…
Scientists have discovered 12 new species of frogs in the rainforests of India's Western Ghats, according to a paper published in the latest issue of ZooTaxa. The twelve species were…
Scientists find a possible cure to a disease that has been devastating frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians worldwide. Scientists have discovered that a species of zooplankton will eat a…
New frog, Raorchestes manohari was dubbed 'beautiful' by its discoverers. Photo courtesy of D.P. Kinesh. Ten new species of frog have been discovered in India's Western Ghats according to two…
An Asian elephant wanders through tea fields in the Western Ghats. Photo © Kalyan Varma. When one thinks of the world's great rainforests the Amazon, Congo, and the tropical forests…
Tungara frog singing in Panama. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. New understanding of how female tungara frogs sort out the din of multiple males singing may lead to insights into…
Electric blue gecko from Tanzania. Photos by Rhett Butler. Following up on yesterday's post on the spectacular blue anole from the Colombian island of Gorgona, here is a small collection…
Red-eyed tree frog. Photo by Rhett Butler (2011). The red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) is one of the most colorful and best-known tree frogs (it is often used in advertisements).…
Not seen since 1924 and never photographed: an adult female Borneo Rainbow Toad, also referred to as Sambas Stream Toad (Ansonia latidisca). Photo © Dr. Indraneil Das. Scientists are elated…
Previously unpublished 17th Century Dutch sketch of the dodo, taken from a real specimen, either alive or stuffed. Dronte means dodo in Dutch. The past twelve months have seen 914…
Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog being fed after being treated for Chytridiomycosis. Photo taken by Rhett A. Butler at Summit Park. Frog populations worldwide are facing two apocalypses: habitat destruction and…
This fruit bat was first discovered in a remote tropical forest in Papua New Guinea. Although scientists have yet to name the species, the popular media has already dubbed it…
Red-Eyed Tree Frog in Costa Rica Amphibians -- cold-blooded animals that include frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians -- are in big trouble. More than one third of the world's…
Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog being fed after being treated for Chytridiomycosis. Photo taken by Rhett A. Butler at Summit Park. In forests, ponds, swamps, and other ecosystems around the world,…
This year's Save the Frogs Day (Friday, April 29th) is focusing on a campaign to ban the herbicide Atrazine in the US with a rally at the steps of the…
The rediscovered Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus balios) was number 6 in the 100 Lost Frogs. Photo: © Eduardo Toral-Contreras. The Search for Lost Frogs, a global expedition to uncover…
Unprecedented search evidence of 'Sixth Great Extinction'. Last August, a group of conservation agencies launched the Search for Lost Frogs, which employed 126 researchers to scour 21 countries for 100…
Discovered in a tea estate Pseudophilautus schneideri measures just 2.28 centimeters long. Photo courtesy of Madhava Meegaskumbura. Two new incredibly small frogs have been discovered in Sri Lanka, an island…
Juvenile Macaya Breast-spot Frog, Eleutherodactylus thorectes, a critically endangered species in the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti. About the size of a green grape when fully grown, this is one…
