A backyard frog habitat won't attract much without the right conditions, and a few adjustments can make the difference ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s not easy being green, as one of our greatest sages is fond of remarking. The latest example of this universal fact is the ...

Amphibian species around the world are threatened with extinction by the deadly fungal disease, chytridiomycosis. A simple, low-cost solution to provide warm conditions enabling frogs to clear the ...

A team of biologists in Honduras are racing to protect these rare amphibians from extinction due to a deadly disease Honduras Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Center from Garrett and Garrett ...

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Maintaining connections between natural habitats may support beneficial microbes that help wildlife defend against disease.

Some of a green frog’s heat tolerance might come from its microbiome. Put a wood frog tadpole and a green frog tadpole in water and turn up the heat. The two species live in similar environments, but ...

In recent years, fungal disease has torn through the world’s amphibian populations; some species went extinct. But others have been able to withstand the epidemic. Researchers have previously ...

Scientists have been alarmed for years about a mysterious fungus that wipes out frogs around the globe — even in wildlife sanctuaries like Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon national parks. The fungus ...

These frogs inside an incubator at Mt. St. Joseph University are in a kind of frozen state. Cryoprotectants are key and researchers are trying to translate the concept into human organs. Under a leafy ...