Most everyone recognizes frogs. Frogs, like salamanders and newts, are amphibians. Unlike salamanders, they have made a major evolutionary detour from the body plan of their ancient ancestors. The ...

There are hundreds of species of frog in the world, each with unique and wondrous features that set it apart from others like ...

A third reason is that frogs have the most extraordinary chemicals in their bodies that can be of huge importance to human medicine. One example is a group called the ‘poison dart’ frogs - so ...

According to a study led by Don Larson of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) freeze up to 60 percent of their bodies during the long and extremely cold Alaskan ...

The African bullfrog lives in the savanna of Africa, where it gets very hot and dry. When a frog is out of the water, mucus on its skin helps it breathe by dissolving oxygen from the air.

It’s got a wide, bloated body, tiny round eyes and stout limbs. It’s also called the pig-nosed frog, on account of its most peculiar feature—a protruding snout. The purple frog, or ...

Frog catching in Kerala, once a common practice, evolved into a major export industry before facing environmental protests.