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 species seemed to have bug eyes and a smile, so a team of researchers named it Kermitops gratus in honor of the banjo-playing Muppet. By Michael Levenson One crawled across the rain-drenched ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Earth's amphibians - from the thorny spike-thumb frog to the red knobby newt, West African giant squeaker, ornate tree toad and fire salamander - are being pushed closer ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian identified a fossilized skull from a 270 million-year-old amphibian, which they've named Kermitops gratus Scientists have found a previously undiscovered ancient ...

The now-extinct golden toad in a 1978 picture taken in Costa Rica. Education Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Two in five amphibian species are at risk of extinction, and their threats ...

The Kihansi spray toad officially became extinct in the wild in 2004. Native to Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountain, the tiny toads disappeared abruptly within just a few years. Researchers have now ...

Researchers are fighting against time and environmental threats to protect the false toad, one of Chile’s most enigmatic frogs. A team of scientists discovered a rare Chile Mountains false toad, an ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A global survey of 8,000 amphibian species by the IUCN reveals that 40% of them are at some risk of extinction: 2,873 species in total. Brazil is ...

A deadly disease is threatening to wipe out frogs and toads, a new report has shown. The report, published on nature.com, shows Chytridiomycosis, a fatal fungal disease, as responsible for the ...

One crawled across the rain-drenched ground of what is now Texas more than 270 million years ago, possibly feasting on fast-moving insects. The other endeared himself to millions as the banjo-playing ...

A prehistoric amphibian has been named after Muppet star Kermit the Frog. Scientists uncovered the fossilized skull of the 270-million-year-old ancient amphibian ancestor in the collection of the ...