For nearly two centuries, a small brown frog living in Southeast Asian rainforests was considered a single, well-understood species. It had a name. It had a place in the textbooks. Case closed. Then ...

By Mongabay.com March 20 is World Frog Day. Frogs and toads have inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years, but 40% of amphibians species are now at risk of extinction, according to the latest ...

New genetic research suggests a common Southeast Asian frog long believed to be one species could actually be six or seven distinct ones.

A frog species known since 1838 may actually be several different species, according to a new genetic study of Southeast Asia’s “fanged frogs.” ...

Genetic analysis of Bornean frogs revealed several distinct groups, suggesting more species may exist than previously believed.

Strawberry poison dart frog, Dendrobates pumilio, in the nature habitat, Close-up portrait of poison red frog, Costa Rica, America© Pavel Russe/Shutterstock.com Researchers have identified a new ...

DNA is revealing that many animals once thought to be a single species may actually be several hidden ones. But research on ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LEEK, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: A European Tree Frog, hyla arborea, once native to the UK, sits on a branch in an enclosure at Celtic ...