You’re probably familiar with the story of how frogs make more frogs. It goes like this: When a lady frog and a dude frog love each other very much, they play a little game of piggyback that results ...

Wet weather has helped a new population of one of the UK's most ancient creatures to hatch in the south of Scotland. The tadpole shrimp - a relative of one of the oldest known animal species in the ...

For spotted salamander embryos nearing hatching, they get by with a little help – not from friends, but from animals that are actually their predators. Voracious frog tadpoles chew on the egg masses, ...

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Most amphibians aren’t exactly doting parents—they just find a partner and release as many eggs or sperm as possible, in hopes that viable ...

An international team of researchers have identified three new species of enchanting, pustular, tree-dwelling toads from Africa. Their solution for having offspring away from water? Skipping the ...