Molly Albecker conducted a tree frog survey in the salty marshes near Bodie Island Lighthouse, but she didn’t think she’d find any frogs. The doctoral candidate and her East Carolina University ...

“Stupid tadpoles,” Little Frog says about his nine new siblings. They can’t do much (“The tadpoles couldn’t even jump”), and they require all of his parents’ attention. Casting the family as frogs ...

Splash-back poison frogs (Ranitomeya variabilis) are generally devoted parents, with the amphibian dads taking on the bulk of the childcare responsibilities. But when the frog fathers skip out on ...

MEDFORD, Mass. — They look like little more than grayish-black grains of couscous floating in water. But they are actually African clawed frogs-to-be, replete with minuscule blobs that will become ...

Iris Pitre can remember the distinctive call of the coqui in Puerto Rico, but the croaking of the island’s crested toad escapes her memory. “Never heard of ’em. Maybe you mean the coqui,” said Pitre ...

If you have any children in your life, imagine for a moment that they don't look anything like their parents, they don't eat anything humans normally eat, and they're active only while adults sleep.