The La Jolla aquarium reared 250 tadpoles into mountain yellow-legged frogs with plans of releasing them into the wild ...

Conservationists and government officials in Chile have collected the few remaining Loa water frogs (Telmatobius dankoi) from a dwindling stream near the city of Calama, the Global Wildlife ...

The low winter flows cause drying of off-channel wetlands, forcing the highly aquatic frog into the main channel where it is exposed to predation from brown trout and many other animals. “The ...

the tadpoles emerge from the water and inhabit the leafy litter of the forest. Other members of the treefrog family include the northern cricket frog, found in a few areas south of the Catskills, and ...

Infected frogs lose excessive amounts of sodium and potassium, which are critical to keep their hearts pumping. Eventually, their hearts stop. Dirk Schmeller, a conservation biologist at the Helmholtz ...

Amphibians are small vertebrates that need water, or a moist environment, to survive. The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. All can breathe and absorb water ...

Common identifying features include: As mentioned, EFB can resemble that of native water lilies. This is especially true when the lilies have not fully developed, demonstrating a smaller leaf size ...

Once found in more than 400 aquatic sites in the Southwest, the frog is now found at fewer than 80. In Arizona, the Chiricahua has declined more than any other leopard frog. Chiricahua leopard frogs ...