Both frogs and toads belong to a group of tailless amphibians known to science as the "anurans." Modern anurans are notable for having a two-stage lifecycle. Eggs lain in water hatch into (usually ...

A study published in Nature Climate Change predicts that 36% of anurans’ habitats worldwide will soon be threatened by a combination of rising temperatures and water scarcity. Brazil has the greatest ...

This specimen is also the first ever fossilised tadpole from an earlier frog lineage known as stem anurans, which predates modern species, known as crown anurans. The fossil was so well preserved ...

An international team of researchers has completed the most comprehensive survey ever of the predicted planetwide effects of drought and global ...