Australian green tree frogs manage to hop around the deserts of northern Australia during the dry season without dehydrating. Now, a new study solves the mystery of how: The frogs jump from cool night ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Drought is a slow-moving catastrophe for most animals. Yet ...

PORT NOLLOTH, South Africa - A wildlife photographer's footage of a desert rain frog has gone viral on the Internet. Video of the nocturnal amphibian's defensive cry has caused viewers to dub the ...

Frogs and toads make up the largest group of amphibians. However, a lot of people are not aware of a Desert Rain Frog. The species, which is mostly found in Namibia and South Africa, is on a decline ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - When Chilean scientists last year discovered 14 Loa water frogs struggling to survive in a nearly dry river bed in the country's northern desert, the clock began ticking. They ...

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This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm John Ydstie. There's a new trend in the pet world that has nothing to do with cockapoodles, ferrets or Siamese fighting fish. More and more people around the ...

Every summer the monsoons come to southern Arizona. In late afternoon, dark clouds roll in, eclipsing the immense blue sky. And with the summer rain comes Cecil Schwalbe, the frog man of the desert.

Chilean scientists have rediscovered a species of frog last seen more than 80 years ago, prompting new calls for the conservation of its habitat in the far-flung Chilean desert. Scientists relocated ...

MARION - The Desert Frog started selling bath and body care products on Etsy in 2012. 'I was doing very well on Etsy,” said owner Chris Slominski, 'but I needed a place to buy soap-making supplies ...