Scientists at the Smithsonian identified a fossilized skull from a 270 million-year-old amphibian, which they've named Kermitops gratus Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Jambato harlequin frog has been teetering on the edge ...

Curitiba, Brazil used to be forests, wetlands, fields and streams before it was developed over the last half-century. Gilberto Jacob via Unsplash As new species are discovered around the world, others ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the Cretaceous forests of ancient Madagascar, one frog ...

(CNN) — Paleontologists with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History have discovered a previously unknown prehistoric species — a 270 million-year-old amphibian with wide eyes and a ...

Newly discovered evidence of Australia’s earliest species of tree frog challenges what we know about when Australian and South American frogs parted ways on the evolutionary tree. Previously, ...

Animals were an unavoidable part of the environment that forged ancient civilizations, which lay beneath the modern world. Their remains could hint at ancient beliefs, traditions, and practices that ...

Frogs trapped in amber for 99 million years are giving a glimpse of a lost world. The tiny creatures have been preserved in sticky tree resin since the end of the Age of the Dinosaurs. The four ...

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 ...

As new species are discovered around the world, others are disappearing without a trace. Amphibians are facing existential threats on a global scale, leading some researchers to believe they’ve ...