This pink lump of jelly is a frog that has just about given up on anything associated with being a frog. Instead it decided to live in a desert, digging burrows. The turtle frog is not something that, ...

Reporting from Fresno — A type of frog made famous by Mark Twain will soon be hopping and swimming through Yosemite National Park after a decades-long absence, officials said Wednesday. The California ...

MINNEAPOLIS— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that the Blanding’s turtle, spotted turtle and Illinois chorus frog ...

With the Fourth of July holiday looming just ahead and most outdoorsy types focused like a laser on trips to the beach and saltwater fishing, crabbing, and clamming adventures, it’s no wonder that one ...

Blanding's turtle photo courtesy Maine.gov. Photos are available for media use. “Blanding’s turtles and Illinois chorus frogs are dying out mostly because people are destroying their wetland homes,” ...

The animal would have lived alongside dinosaurs in the late Cretaceous period. A new species of turtle that roamed Earth alongside dinosaurs and flying reptiles has been discovered in Madagascar. The ...

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