The animal kingdom is full of fascinating tricks for enduring sub-freezing temperatures. Birds, for example, often just take ...
Wood frogs — Lithobates sylvaticus, also known as Rana sylvatica — live farther north than any other amphibian, even beyond ...
Boulenger’s backpack frog uses one of the strangest reproductive strategies in the amphibian world. Females carry fertilized eggs in a sealed pouch on their backs, protecting them from predators and ...
Long before winter seals the forest under ice, certain frogs begin preparing for a transformation that defies basic biology.
Nearly 20 years ago, the last known Cascades frog disappeared from Lassen Volcanic National Park. Now researchers are ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the Cretaceous forests of ancient Madagascar, one frog ...
It’s not easy being green, as one of our greatest sages is fond of remarking. The latest example of this universal fact is the chytrid fungus, a pernicious pest fond of takingup residence on the ...