Unable to break through the water’s surface, tadpoles have a unique workaround for breathing air.

They’ve survived volcanic eruptions, but one Caribbean island’s mountain chicken frogs might need help from scientists to escape the lethal chytrid fungus.

Scientists hope to breed the species in captivity because their habitat has nearly disappeared.

A survey reveals the disease has decimated populations in Central and South America and tropical Australia and contributed to the extinction of 90 species.

Amputation of one limb triggers a rapid electric response that reflects the injury in the opposite one, researchers find.

A newly described amphibian has such a small range in southern Brazil that it’s already critically endangered.

A once critically endangered species of leaf frog has made a comeback. 

A cornucopia of toxins in the animal kingdom could provide inspiration for novel painkillers, but so far, effective drugs have proven elusive.
 

The phenomenon is one of the few examples of eavesdropping across the vertebrate/invertebrate barrier.