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What's the difference between a frog and a toad?
By Elizabeth Howell published
The difference between a frog and a toad is mainly skin-deep. Here's how to tell the amphibians apart.
Newfound species of wee frogs found in Mexico can fit on your fingertip
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists recently described six new species of miniature frogs that inhabit forest floors in Mexico and Guatemala.
Frogs regrow amputated legs in breakthrough experiment
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers have stimulated limb regrowth in frogs' amputated legs after giving them to a "cocktail" of drugs encased in a silicon stump called a "BioDome."
Toxic cane toads are invading Taiwan. Conservationists race to contain warty amphibians.
By Harry Baker published
Taiwan is racing to contain an outbreak of invasive cane toads, which likely escaped from a black market breeder.
Poison dart frogs: Facts about the beautiful but deadly amphibians
By Scott Dutfield published
Reference They might look cute, but the toxins from a poison dart frog can be strong enough to kill several humans.
Cannibal toads eat so many of their young, they're speeding up evolution
By Laura Geggel published
Competition is so fierce Down Under, the invasive cane toad has become a mega-cannibal.
Snakes insert their heads into living frogs' bodies to swallow their organs (because nature is horrifying)
By Mindy Weisberger published
In two new studies, researchers identified more snakes that disembowel frogs to eat their organs, a gruesome habit that was only recently discovered.
Skin-eating fungus from Europe could invade US, decimate salamanders
By Debra Miller published
The Southern Appalachian mountains are a global biodiversity hot spot for salamanders. And now a skin-eating fungus from Europe could decimate them.
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