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

Certain species of wasps and frogs share a pain and inflammation peptide similar to one found in vertebrates to help defend against predators—a discovery that contributes to a shifting view of how ...

Customers at The Market Place spotted "something extremely lifelike" on one of the shelves and alerted store staff.

A ghostly white sprout may look magical, but plant albinism comes with serious limits. Rare exceptions prove nature sometimes finds surprising workarounds.

In 1921, Otto Loewi woke from a dream with the idea for an experiment that proved nerves communicate using chemicals, not just electricity. By showing that stimulating one frog’s heart released a ...

In a dry riverbed in Brazil, in a dense forest near the Amazon, a team of paleontologists found a fossilized jawbone from an ancient animal. Over the course of their fieldwork, they found eight ...

When a new species is discovered, it's tempting to imagine an adventure novel, said Chan Kin Onn of Michigan State University. "Most people have this image of an intrepid explorer braving an isolated ...

Smithsonian researchers in Panama have begun to reintroduce native golden frogs to the wild in special enclosures ...