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Endangered December 21, 2017

Scientists discover over 100 new species, including crocodile lizard, snail-eating turtle

Scientists have discovered 115 new species in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia including a crocodile lizard and a snail-eating turtle that was spotted in a Thai food market.

Amphibians November 3, 2017

'Lost' salamander rediscovered after 42 years

A lost species of salamander has been rediscovered alive and well in Guatemala.

Dinosaurs September 27, 2017

Dinosaur extinction allowed frogs to conquer the planet

The mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs paved the way for a totally different type of creature to take over — frogs.

Amphibians June 7, 2017

Frog not sighted in 30 years and declared extinct reappears in Costa Rica

Official data indicate that in this Central American country there are more than 200 species of frogs and toads.

Amphibians March 3, 2017

In new territory, good froggy dads go cannibal

They eat every egg in sight.

Amphibians February 4, 2017

Rare 'cave squeaker' frog makes first appearance in decades

A rare frog that has not been seen in decades and listed as possibly extinct has made a reappearance.

Amphibians December 20, 2016

163 new species, including 'Klingon Newt', discovered

Tylototriton anguliceps is his name, but Klingon Newt is much easier to pronounce. Someone decided he looks like a Klingon from “Star Trek”, so that’s what the World Wildlife Fund is calling him.

Endangered November 1, 2016

Global wildlife population faces possible two-thirds decline by 2020, report says

Global wildlife populations are up against a potential two-thirds population decline by 2020 if human activity continues without intervention, according to a report released by the World Wildlife Fund.

Amphibians October 27, 2016

Bug battle: Amazonian frog's skin secretes ant repellent

A yellow–striped frog in the Amazon rainforest is able to live among the vicious leaf–cutter ant without getting torn to pieces thanks to a very special bug repellent: its own skin.

Amphibians October 3, 2016

Toughie the frog, likely the last of his species, dies

A frog named Toughie, likely the last of his species, died quietly in his enclosure at the Atlanta Botanical Garden this week, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Insects September 26, 2016

A frog's vomit reveals a new species of ant

In northwest Ecuador, scientists have discovered a new species of ant— and they found it in the stomach contents of a frog.