Every summer, without fail, the British press carries alarming stories about snake sightings. On an island that only has one ...

An anonymous informant said that photographers had searched through the habitat to find the frogs, used high-intensity flash ...

If not for a pair of Smithsonian scientists, the fingernail-size frog from Brazil would have likely gone extinct without ever being described ...

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Graduate student Devin Edmonds has been studying conservation for years and is working on a project to protect the Mantella cowanii.

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Cane toads secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including dogs and cats.

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