Everyone’s afraid of something, but sometimes our fears are so strong they affect our lives in surprisingly significant ways. Though frogs might not seem very intimidating, the fear of frogs is ...

Boulenger’s backpack frog uses one of the strangest reproductive strategies in the amphibian world. Females carry fertilized ...

Frogs, like butterflies and salamanders, have what is called a "bi-phasic life cycle." They undergo metamorphosis to grow from their larval stage, as a non-reproductive tadpole that swims underwater, ...

Ranidaphobia is the medical term for a phobia of frogs and toads. A phobia is an intense, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. Treatment may include exposure therapy or ...

The worldwide decline in frog populations is due to a fast-spreading infection, but people also play a role. A foothill yellow-legged frog. Image courtesy: Brome McCreary Up to only a few inches in ...

Even within a single species, animals don't all respond in the same way to environmental changes. A new study of reed frogs in East Africa reveals that understanding these differences could be key to ...

A small mushroom grows from the side of a Rao's intermediate golden-backed frog. You’ve heard of a toadstool, but now there’s something much stranger: a frog mushroom. Researchers in India came across ...

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