Mutant black frogs are spawning near the Chernobyl power plant, 36 years after its catastrophic meltdown unleashed one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. Eastern tree frogs are meant to ...

The night vision of frogs and toads appears to be superior to that of all other animals. ... albeit in black and white. In toads and frogs the rods are a bit special, however.

The endangered black toad has the smallest range of any amphibian in North America: a mere 400 acres on the remote Deep Springs College campus nestled between the Inyo and White mountain ranges in ...

LaDuke: When the frogs sing A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of the Giiwedinong Museum in Park Rapids ...

Scientists have developed the first map of the world's unique and most endangered mammals and amphibians. ... the Sunda pangolin and the black and white ruffed Lemur. The research is published, ...

When scientists first “saw around 30 black-and-white individuals of this harlequin toad resting on the rocks, their first thought was, Oh god, this looks like the night sky!" ...

Chernobyl is spawning mutant frogs, a new study has shown. Investigators have discovered bizarre black amphibians near the nuclear plant. The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 saw an accident take place ...

Above ground, black rain frogs — which are about 1.6 to 2 inches (4 to 5 centimeters) long — run or walk, rather than hop: "Their legs are very short, and their bodies round," Tarrant said.

Invasive species like Burmese pythons and Argentine black-and-white tegu lizards are expanding their reach across the southeastern United States, wreaking havoc on native ecosystems. Background As ...