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These Frogs Are Evolving to Survive a Murderous Fungus That Tries to Stop Their Hearts

October 04, 2018 | Article

Decades after chrytrid fungus began its deadly rampage through the world's frog populations, a community of tropical frogs has managed to adapt.
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Meet Goliath, a Massive Tadpole as Long as Your Face

August 02, 2018 | Article

A giant tadpole recently found in the wild is bigger than a can of Coke — and it's still growing.
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Watch This Frog Light Up After It Swallows a Firefly

July 06, 2018 | Article

A firefly kept right on flashing after being eaten by a frog.
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'The Truth About Animals': Storks Flying to the Moon, and Other Wild Tales

April 18, 2018 | Article

Did you know that the late drug lord Pablo Escobar flew kidnapped hippos to Colombia? Or that the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis was once used as a pregnancy test for humans?
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The Weirdest Things That Fell From The Sky

March 20, 2018 | Countdown

Umbrellas and galoshes will shield you from the rain, snow and hail — but what about the showers of spiders, satellites, and raw mystery meat?
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Experts Are Stumped by the Toad with a Stump for a Face

March 05, 2018 | Article

Why does this toad have no face?
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'Lost' Salamander Rediscovered After 42 Years

October 31, 2017 | Article

The Jackson's Climbing Salamander had not been seen since 1975.
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Snake Head Pops Out of Frog's Maw in Mesmerizing Photo

October 20, 2017 | Article

In a stunning frog photo recently shared widely from Reddit, a swallowed snake isn't going down without a fight.
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Extinct Big-Mouthed Frogs May Have Dined on Dinos

September 21, 2017 | Article

Horned frogs' powerful bites hint that an extinct, ancient relative may have packed even more of a mouthy wallop.
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Dinosaur Extinction Allowed Frogs to Conquer the Planet

July 03, 2017 | Article

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