Having live animals as props is an effective way to get an audience’s attention. When I was at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Lab, we used live specimens in our presentations ...

Conservation scientists have bred the endangered Littlejohn's tree frog species in their labs for the first time. The amphibian is only known to exist in three isolated populations in New South Wales.

Even in the fall, there are a few Quak concerts. Photo: Getty Images The croaking of frogs and toads is as much a part of spring as birdsong and gardening. When these animals go courting in ponds and ...

THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, Calif. — The scientist traipses to a pond wearing rubber boots but he doesn’t enter the water. Instead, Brad Hollingsworth squats next to its swampy edge and ...

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Learn all about the White's Tree Frog (also known as the Australian Green Tree Frog) from The Reptile Zoo! These friendly amphibians need moist air and love to eat insects! Nepal PM resigns, country ...

Chiquita, a Burmese python, slithers its way through a young camper at Golden Gate Park on June 20, 2025. Photo by Gustavo Hernandez Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily ...

Laura Brannelly receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Alex Wendt receives funding from the Ecological Society of Australia Danielle Wallace receives funding from the Ecological ...

Frogs have long held a bad rap (at least among some people) for being slimy, even scary, critters, but that's not very fair to these amazing amphibians. There are currently around 7,600 known species ...

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America. Newly discovered evidence of Australia's earliest species ...

LIMA — Feeding Day at the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 27th, at the McElroy Environmental Education Center, 2355 Ada Road, Lima. The event will ...

In the gardens and parks of Toyota City, Japan, a small creature turned out to be a new species. Getty Images/iStockphoto To many across the islands of Japan, small tree frogs, or amagaeru, are a ...