Up-to-date population estimates are difficult to determine because of environmental restraints preventing access to sites where the frogs are thought to live. The goal of the recent efforts has been ...

New research finds the U.S. trade in non-native amphibians for pets likely relies on illegal imports and captive breeding.

That spider is one of several new animal species recently described by researchers working across Vietnam, India, the Philippines, Borneo, and Peru. Each creature has evolved its own strategy for ...

From bird-dropping mimics to legless burrowers, these newly discovered species were hiding right under our noses.