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Why does this toad have no face?

The Jackson's Climbing Salamander had not been seen since 1975.

It's been 42 years since it was last sighted, but the Jackson's Climbing Salamander (Bolitoglossa jacksoni) is alive and well.

In a stunning frog photo recently shared widely from Reddit, a swallowed snake isn't going down without a fight.

Horned frogs' powerful bites hint that an extinct, ancient relative may have packed even more of a mouthy wallop.

The massive extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs paved the way for frogs to explode in diversity, new research suggests.

Western toad sex involves quiet searches, mating balls and streams of eggs.

Scientists are still trying to make sense of something extremely weird that happened between a pair of Ambystoma salamanders millions of years ago.

In a tiny new frog species recently discovered in Ecuador, see-through skin over the frogs’ chests fully exposes their wee little hearts.