Cane toads, aka bufo toads, in Florida secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, ...

As habitat loss and invasive predators decimate the Texas horned lizard population, researchers are banking on statewide ...

A bacterium living quietly in the intestines of a tiny tree frog has done something cancer researchers spend careers chasing: ...

In a new study, 79 percent of black-spotted pond frogs successfully consumed the northern giant hornet. Shinji Sugiura / Kobe University For a mouse several times its size, a sting from the “murder ...

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

ALTOS DE CAMPANA NATIONAL PARK, Panama — Brian Gratwicke’s lunch box was full of frogs. Kneeling on the muddy rainforest floor, the biologist opened his red Coleman cooler and scooped one up. It was a ...

A three-striped poison dart frog in Peru. Image credits: Marina García Burgos. The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, they had been without food for several days ...

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became. Scientists studying ancient teeth found that early humans, great apes, and even ...

Frogs need to keep their skin wet to function correctly. Moisture helps provide oxygen to the body, aids digestion, and supports overall movement. Consequently, frogs are often found in or near bodies ...

New species of poison dart frog from Brazil and Peru described after being misidentified for decades, according to a study. CRYSTAL MIRALLEGRO Unsplash For nearly 40 years, a new species of poison ...