Germán Chávez is no stranger to the Amazon rain forest, where he says "one can't help but get excited" by all the reptiles and amphibians that he has made a career out of studying. But when he came ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frogs have long held a bad rap (at least among some people) for being slimy, even scary, critters, but that's not very fair to ...

The Atlantic Coast leopard frog, first identified in an industrial section of Staten Island in 2012, is now on the state’s endangered species list. Conservation groups see an opportunity. By Aaron ...

A researcher has identified a colorful tree frog as a new species. Andrew Gray, Curator of Herpetology at Manchester Museum, conducted genetic and biochemical analysis on frogs that were thought to be ...

Thousands of amphibians are dying in the Americas because of the lethal fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which causes a disease called chytridiomycosis. Some of the most affected species ...

Scientists are revealing how the Amazon tree boa's skin scales help it move and hunt in the rainforest. These scales have different textures on different body parts. This helps the snake grip branches ...

Scientists found a color-changing animal with green bones on an island in the Amazon rainforest and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Ferrão, Hanken, Oda, Campião, Penhacek, Anjos and ...

Reaching over 3.5 m in length, the bushmaster (belonging in the Lachesis genus) is the largest viper in the western hemisphere. Legend spread among both colonists and natives from the Amazon region ...

This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Jeff DelViscio. Today: part two of our three-part sound escape series to the Amazon rain forest. In this episode, we’re going into the dark. Make ...

Laura Brannelly receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Alex Wendt receives funding from the Ecological Society of Australia Danielle Wallace receives funding from the Ecological ...

The name of a newly described species of frog, native to the Amazon Basin in northern Brazil, has some serious girl power. The frogs have reticulated, semi-transparent eyelids, spines on their hands, ...