Deep within the cloud forests of the San Martín region of Peru lie two places so high, cold and remote that they remained ...

By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

Researchers found unusual size reduction, or dwarfism, in lizards & toads in North America’s San Luis Valley. Valley ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

From polygamous tree toads to heavy stick bugs, this year’s extensive new species discoveries are changing the way we see our ...

Ringtail is Arizona’s state mammal, designated in 1986 to highlight regionally tied symbols. Ringtails are nocturnal, desert-adapted raccoon-like carnivores about the size of a house cat with a ringed ...

Cane toads, aka bufo toads, in Florida secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, ...

As habitat loss and invasive predators decimate the Texas horned lizard population, researchers are banking on statewide ...

A new study reports that bacteria found in the intestines of Japanese tree frogs show remarkable promise in treating colorectal cancer. A research team from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and ...

A bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs has "exhibited remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when administered intravenously, outperforming current standard therapies and paving ...

Ricky Megee was journeying through the Australian Outback, en route to a new job and potentially a fresh start, when he decided to give a lift to a hitchhiker on the roadside. However, this act of ...