Amphibians

Scientists found the ancient amphibian fossil in the collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

First ever documented evidence of a fungus, suspected to be a Mycena species, growing on the body of a seemingly healthy frog.

Gravid frog found in 100 million-year-old deposits in China is oldest fossil of its kind ever discovered.

Instead of bludgeoning Australia's invasive cane toads to death, scientists advise popping them in the fridge for a day or two before transferring them to the freezer to finish them off.

Researchers found a new species of fanged frog when they noticed clutches of eggs laid on leaves and mossy boulders unusually far above water.

Paradoxical frogs — also known as shrinking frogs — are about three times bigger as tadpoles as they are when adults.

Paleontologists have discovered the first molecular evidence of pheomelanin, a pigment that causes red hair, in the fossil record.

Female European common frogs will play dead to avoid mating during their "explosive" breeding, where several males attempt to mount one female at the same time.

The Mexican salamander is only found in two lakes and is considered critically endangered, with pollution and invasive predators driving the species' decline.

The funny-looking puffed up frog is only found on the forested slopes of the southern Cape fold mountains in South Africa and spends most of its time underground.