When it comes to 'mon with iconic designs, Pokémon's Poliwhirl might be up there - but what lies underneath the spiral ...

World Frog Day 2026 highlights how frogs support ecosystems and why their decline signals environmental problems.

In a recent paper, paleontologists weighed in on fish tooth evolution, based on their interpretation of the fossils of an ...

March, thousands of salamanders emerged from their underground burrows across Central New York. They crawled over the cold, ...

A frog species known since 1838 may actually be several different species, according to a new genetic study of Southeast Asia ...

Your body is a living museum of evolution, carrying within it the remarkable story of our species' 6-million-year journey from tree-dwelling primates to ...

Why did our ancestors ditch the shell and start growing babies inside their bodies instead? In this episode of Big Ideas, ...

A newly described treefrog by the name of Gracixalus weii has exhibited a repertoire which mirrors the bird sounds of China’s Leigongshan Nature Reserve. Recently described in Guizhou Province, China, ...

Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with ...

Britain’s toads have begun their spring migration, putting them at even greater risk than usual. Here’s how – and why – we should look after them There’s a touch of old magic about toads, those ...

DNA is revealing that many animals once thought to be a single species may actually be several hidden ones. But research on Bornean fanged frogs shows the line between species can be blurry—an ...

Art often imitates life. In Marvel Comics, Wolverine was named after a mammal known for its aggression. And while wolverines can’t grow skeletal claws through their knuckles, there is an animal that ...