Frogs

The difference between a frog and a toad is mainly skin-deep. Here's how to tell the amphibians apart.

Scientists recently described six new species of miniature frogs that inhabit forest floors in Mexico and Guatemala.

Hearts have become iconic symbols of Valentine's Day, but when it comes to hearts in the real world, one size doesn't fit all — particularly in the animal kingdom.

Scientists cataloging tree frogs in New Guinea stumbled across a never-before-seen 'chocolate frog' with brown skin and adorable eyes.

In two new studies, researchers identified more snakes that disembowel frogs to eat their organs, a gruesome habit that was only recently discovered.

Tiny frogs in Madagascar are lured to their doom by spiders' ingenious silk-stitched leaf traps.

An aquatic beetle species takes unusual action to escape digestion after being swallowed by frogs.

A giant tadpole recently found in the wild is bigger than a can of Coke — and it's still growing.

Remarkable images capture a wide range of spikes, spines, bumps and pits in the skulls of frogs.

Eat more salad, they said. It's good for you, they said.

The frogs' glowing patterns may be a form of communication.

Decades after chrytrid fungus began its deadly rampage through the world's frog populations, a community of tropical frogs has managed to adapt.

A firefly kept right on flashing after being eaten by a frog.

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?

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.