Most amphibians die when exposed to salt — except the crab-eating frog, which thrives with it. Here’s how it rewrote the ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Tet Zoo needs more frog articles. Too short ...

Amphibians are small vertebrates that need water, or a moist environment, to survive. The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. All can breathe and absorb water through ...

This story was updated May 4 at 1:15 p.m. EDT. The planet is crawling with critters, but scientists are meeting some of them only just now. During the past month, researchers have published studies on ...

Spiders eat a wide variety of animals, but scientists were shocked to discover a new, tiny spider that appears to hunt and devour tadpoles. Field biologists were taking a survey in Ratnagiri, a city ...