The stowaway, which is native to the Caribbean, was discovered some 4,250 miles from its home.

Northeastern Minnesota is the home of a low number of reptiles and amphibians (herps). Among reptiles, two kinds of snakes are common: garter and red-bellied, with a third one, the ring-necked snake, ...

An exciting update on the progress of these beloved tree frogs as they continue to grow and thrive. Follow their journey and ...

The question of why females mate with multiple males has long puzzled evolutionary biologists. A new study of African foam-nest tree frogs, led by University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers, reveals ...

A study published in the journal Gut Microbes by researcher Eijiro Miyako and a team at the Japan Advanced Institute of ...

This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. These frogs put the “group” in “group sex”—and that helps them thrive. Of all vertebrates, gray foam-nest tree frogs exhibit ...

DNA is revealing that many animals once thought to be a single species may actually be several hidden ones. But research on Bornean fanged frogs shows the line between species can be blurry—an ...

What makes the SPRO Dean Rojas Bronzeye Frog 65 so great? It has everything you want in a hollow-body frog. It holds up to heavy abuse but will also collapse when a bass smacks down on it for a ...

Magma boils and bubbles underground in a variety of ways, giving birth to wildly different volcanoes. Shields are broad and ...

Panamanian golden frogs—such as F1, seen here—are native to the rainforests and cloud forests of Panama but haven't been seen in the wild since 2009. Each creature's bright coloration warns predators ...

A solar tree is a structure resembling a tree that generates solar energy using photovoltaic (PV) panels. It employs principles of biomimicry, using a natural system—in this case the form of a tree—to ...

On New Zealand’s North Island, one cave guarded a million-year-old secret. Its floor held bird fossils from creatures that later vanished, and frogs that look the same today. New Zealand is famous for ...