Climate change is currently one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and one of the groups of animals most affected by the increase in temperature is amphibians. A team of scientists studied how ...

Anuran amphibians are important consumers of arthropods in tropical ecosystems. Previous research has indicated that very small, terrestrial frogs, especially juveniles, largely consume small leaf ...

The next time you snivel, "I am freezing to death," you might want to consider the wood frog, which withstands such ...

The worldwide decline in frog populations is due to a fast-spreading infection, but people also play a role. A foothill yellow-legged frog. Image courtesy: Brome McCreary Up to only a few inches in ...

Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Mar., 2000), pp. 40-46 (7 pages) This study investigates predator size and prey type as potential proximal causes of differences among diets of three lizard ...

Experiments reveal that pond frogs can eat highly venomous hornets without suffering noticeable damage, even after repeated stings. Most frogs successfully consumed hornets, including the notorious ...

Fewer than 100 dusky gopher frogs were known to remain. Thanks to some very dedicated humans, numbers are now on the rise. Credit...Tony Cenicola/the New York Times Supported by By Catrin Einhorn It ...

A Czech man ate frogs and other small animals for four days after he was trapped on an island cut off by flooding, the daily Pravo reported Wednesday. Zdenek Bucek, 30, was taking a shortcut through ...