Germán Chávez is no stranger to the Amazon rain forest, where he says "one can't help but get excited" by all the reptiles and amphibians that he has made a career out of studying. But when he came ...
The striking diversity of animals and plants that call the Amazon home may have less to do with the jungle's lush climate and more to do with how long ago the species moved in, new research finds. The ...
Few rainforest creatures are more iconic than the brightly colored tree frogs that inhabit the canopy of the Amazon. However, these creatures rely on a fragile environmental balance that is currently ...
The people of Peru’s Comunidad Nativa Tres Esquinas have long known about a tiny, burrowing frog with a long snout; one local name for it is rana danta, “tapir frog” for its resemblance to the ...
In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a German research team from Kiel University used high speed cameras to capture the incredible gymnastic feats of the Amazon milk frog in slow motion. The ...
The striking diversity of animals and plants that call the Amazon home may have less to do with the jungle's lush climate and more to do with how long ago the species moved in, new research finds. The ...