For a long time, scientists felt confident in their understanding of the timeline of human evolution. But a recent discovery ...

But Bd is an oddball: It has a fanatical taste for the proteins in amphibian skin. In the early 20th century, human activity—such as trade and war—accidentally spread the fungus around the world.

These events increase human understanding of amphibians, said Noah Charney, assistant professor of conservation biology at the University of Maine who helped found the Maine Big Night nonprofit ...

Check out our FAQ about amphibians and reptiles and sign up for email alerts about how you can help save these and other species. Freshwater turtles are also threatened by human persecution, namely by ...

"By comparing the details of a frog's nervous system to a human's, we can see what we don't have and what we have," Sweeney continues. This knowledge can help us understand how the human nervous ...

A giant frog species that once shared the Earth with dinosaurs, often referred to as a “living fossil,” is now facing serious threats in its native Chile as climate change and human activities ...