If not for a pair of Smithsonian scientists, the fingernail-size frog from Brazil would have likely gone extinct without ever being described ...
The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has played a major role in the worldwide decline of frogs and toads. Its origins were investigated in a study conducted by scientists from the State ...
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Acoustic Study Confirms Rare Eastern Spadefoot in Region

SOLOMONS, Md. — The Calvert Marine Museum’s Estuarine Biology Department has published findings from a 2025 study that used ...
Arjan Mann (right), a Smithsonian postdoctoral paleontologist and former Peter Buck Fellow, and Calvin So (left), a doctoral student at George Washington University, holding the fossil skull of ...
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will celebrate crocodiles during their annual Reptile and Amphibian Day on Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., both floors of the museum will feature dozens ...
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of extinct amphibian that used its powerful sticky tongue to catch bugs. The species, Chemnitzion richteri, used an ambush strategy to feed, ...