Ever flushed a toilet in the Australian outback and seen a frog staring back at you? These so-called “dunny frogs”—famous for ...

Ever flushed a toilet in the outback and seen a frog swirling around the bowl? These so-called "dunny frogs," often found hiding in toilets, showers and water tanks, have long been considered a single ...

An elusive frog managed to escape the jaws of a parrot snake by submerging itself in a shallow puddle. Márcia Neves was filming in Saquarema, Brazil, as the serpent manages to clamp down on one of the ...

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Ever flushed a toilet in the outback and seen a frog swirling around the bowl? These so-called 'dunny frogs', often found ...

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, academics have found.

Witton ( The end-Permian mass extinction, 252 million years ago, was the largest, wiping out up to 90% of species.

Learn why the temnospondyls’ inability to evolve eventually did them in when mammals and dinosaurs appeared on the scene.

Brachycephalus ephippium is the scientific name for a tiny South American amphibian species. They are, however, more ...

Guanyinshan mountain pit vipers have “slender” bodies, reaching over 2 feet in length, the study said. Their heads are “pear ...

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