Germán Chávez is no stranger to the Amazon rain forest, where he says "one can't help but get excited" by all the reptiles and amphibians that he has made a career out of studying. But when he came ...

The people of Peru’s Comunidad Nativa Tres Esquinas have long known about a tiny, burrowing frog with a long snout; one local name for it is rana danta, “tapir frog” for its resemblance to the ...

Researchers dug up a new-to-science species of burrowing frog in the Peruvian Amazon that resembles chocolate. The frog has been nicknamed the tapir frog for its distinctive-looking snout.

Scientists discovered two new animal species: Allobates vicinus in Suriname and Allobates ripicolus in French Guiana, a study said. This photo shows Sipaliwini, Suriname. Photo from Antoine Fouquet ...

The Atlantic Coast leopard frog, first identified in an industrial section of Staten Island in 2012, is now on the state’s endangered species list. Conservation groups see an opportunity. By Aaron ...

Scientists found a color-changing animal with green bones on an island in the Amazon rainforest and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Ferrão, Hanken, Oda, Campião, Penhacek, Anjos and ...

The American green tree frog is a staple of summer nights in the U.S. South, where its groaning call echoes through countless swamps, forests, fields, and backyards. Yet even for many people who share ...