The state’s agricultural department wants to add to the list of plants that are not allowed to be sold or imported in ...

Scientists are revealing how the Amazon tree boa's skin scales help it move and hunt in the rainforest. These scales have ...

Frogs display incredible diversity and survival skills across the globe. From tiny toads to toxic species, their adaptations ...

Three new toad species discovered in a mountain range in Tanzania have a super rare reproduction method and give birth to ...

Most people’s reaction to seeing a snake is a mix of surprise and a sudden urge to be somewhere else. While many snakes are quite content to move at a leisurely pace, a select few have turned speed ...

Conservation biologist Brian Gratwicke searches with his team for frogs in Altos de Campana National Park in Panama. Nate ...

This south Vieques beach might not sound like much, but it's one of travelers' favorite experiences in Puerto Rico. During the day, Mosquito Bay is nothing special as Caribbean beaches go. At night, ...

Do you ever find an animal that smears up sunscreen and uses it to shield itself? The waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) has developed a remarkable survival method in the forests of the Gran ...

In the summer of 2018, I traveled to Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula to study the gliding tree frog. These nocturnal amphibians live high in the rain forest canopy, on the tippy tops of the branches, only ...

On April 26, 1986, reactor four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant failed, releasing a vast burst of radioactive material into air, soil, and water, a record noted by UNSCEAR. The ionizing radiation ...