Frogs and toads are often talked about as if they’re identical, but once you look closely, you’ll notice they’re quite different. Although they belong to the same biological order, their appearance, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A top-down view of a granular glass frog (Cochranella granulosa) sitting on the top of a leaf hanging over a stream. Its textured ...

Unlike humans, frogs and other amphibians don't need to rely on their lungs to breathe; their unique skin helps them exchange oxygen and drink. But how do frogs breathe and drink through their skin?

A frog does not drink water through its mouth. It absorbs it through a patch of highly vascularised skin on its belly and inner thighs called the drinking patch, pulling moisture and dissolved gases ...

A simple sample of the protective mucus layer that coats a frog’s skin can now be analyzed to determine how susceptible the frog is to disease, thanks to a technique developed by a researcher at the ...

Get to know these tremendously cute frogs, from the glass frog to the common coquí. With their big eyes and bulbous bodies, frogs are the most adorable of the amphibians. But frogs are also a whole ...