Discovering and naming new species is a complex process involving scientists, celebrities, and even fictional characters, all ...

When it comes to creature features in which the creature in question actually does (or once did) exist in our reality, the ...

Protection by the state could prove critical as the Trump administration proposes new rules to weaken the federal Endangered ...

In a scientific breakthrough, Australian scientists have successfully mapped the complete genome of the Southern Corroboree Frog – one of the country’s most threatened amphibians – offering new hope ...

Pollution has cut the amphibian’s numbers by 99.5 percent, but scientists believe Mexico’s cultural icon could return.

Scientists have successfully mapped the complete genome of the Southern Corroboree Frog, one of Australia's most iconic and ...

Scientists have used new technology to extract ancient DNA ...

The Southern Corroboree frog.For the first time, scientists have sequenced the complete genome of one of Australia's most ...

Knife-toothed reptiles called sebecids went extinct on the mainland 10 million years ago. New fossil evidence puts them on an island 4 million years ago.

Titans of Time dives into Earth’s ancient oceans with monster frogs, evolutionary beasts and a big message about saving ...

The metallic poison frog, active during daytime hours, has a long-lasting trill, or call, of 21–45 notes. While perched on leaves, the males begin calling out at dawn and vocalize for several hours ...

The challenge with de-extinction efforts is that they pull the spotlight away from the gravest crises on the planet.