Every winter, the wood frog stops its own heart, lets its body freeze solid, and somehow wakes up in spring ready to mate.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. It looks dead for months, its body packed with ice. But ...

Under the combined pressures of disease, habitat destruction and rising temperatures, we are now seeing an alarming decline ...

Amphibian species around the world are threatened with extinction by the deadly fungal disease, chytridiomycosis. A simple, low-cost solution to provide warm conditions enabling frogs to clear the ...

For a small frog, the alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina) packs a lot of surprises. For one, this tree frog lives in snowy gullies and high mountain crags across the Australian Alps, far from ...

Scientists have identified seven new diamond frog species in Madagascar. These discoveries highlight the island's extensive ...