A special species of frog discovered in the Tri-State Area just 12 years ago is already facing extinction. CBS News New ...

The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can possibly get.

There is one species of poison frog that lives in the U.S., and it can be found in West Virginia and across most of the East ...

Meet B. dacnis: a new 7 mm flea toad from Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest, one of the smallest vertebrates ever discovered.

Researchers in Peru recently rediscovered a frog species that hadn't been seen for over a century, the Miami Herald reported.

The world’s second-smallest vertebrate has been discovered—a tiny flea toad living on the forest floor in a Brazilian ...

Brachycephalus dacnis is the seventh species of flea toad to be identified and is slightly larger than only one closely related species found in southern Bahia, Brazil. The study, published by a team ...

The frogs come from the tree frog genus Boophis and have been named in honor of seven iconic Star Trek captains: Kirk, Picard ...

The Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy was recently awarded a $5 million grant that it hopes to use to restore some of the ...

Researchers studying similar small-sized “flea toads” found this species to be particularly interesting due to its diminutive size as one of the smallest known vertebrate animals.

I remember hiking in a state forest in northern Wisconsin with Roy while we stayed at a friend’s cottage. We discovered a ...

Herpetozoa/X A brand new species has been discovered in China. Researchers initially noticed the creatures while studying ...