While some frogs call the great outdoors on six continents (excluding Antarctica) home, others are domesticated, kept as pets ...

As Nepal’s reptiles are one of the least studied among the country’s diverse flora and fauna, researchers have long been ...

Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses. Learn more ...

A creature rarely seen since it was discovered more than 100 years ago was found for the first time — accidentally — in Tibet.

A unique frog species in Meghalaya hatches its eggs underground to survive the monsoon rains. This adaptation protects its ...

ASIA: The natural world continues to surprise us, and nowhere is this more evident than in the diverse ecosystems of ASEAN.

As night fell across a mountain ravine in Ecuador, a “cryptic” creature with “blue” bones emerged from its hiding spot and ...

Image via Wiki Commons. The African clawed frog is an evolutionary marvel — an entirely aquatic species with powerful hind legs, flattened bodies, and an ability to regenerate damaged tissue.

Near the end of his very long life, he finished a paper classifying “an excessively high number” of snake and amphibian species. Germain’s frog collections were included in the paper and ...