Deep within the cloud forests of the San Martín region of Peru lie two places so high, cold and remote that they remained ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. It looks dead for months, its body packed with ice. But ...

In northeastern Bangladesh, the red narrow-mouthed frog (Microhyla rubra) is defying the monsoon, breeding in winter streams. It is a surprising twist that challenges assumptions about amphibian life ...

Beyond being a traditional Mexican dish, tamales represent a cultural emblem full of history, unity and tradition.

A bacterium living quietly in the intestines of a tiny tree frog has done something cancer researchers spend careers chasing: ...

A frog saved from croaking it, a gorilla striking a yoga pose, and a fish flashing a smile are among the wonderfully absurd moments crowned at this year's Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards. The competition ...

I was born into a landscape of hard lines and grey skies—a small Scottish mining village where the air felt thick with more than just coal dust. It was a place of financial poverty, yes, but more ...

A popular productivity method encourages you to start your day by “eating the frog”—that is, tackling your biggest, most important task of the day first, then moving through the lesser ones in turn.

A decades-old mix-up in a museum collection led scientists to mistakenly identify a Peruvian poison frog as a new species.

Discovered in the forests of Brazil, Brachycephalus lulai – a new species of pumpkin toadlet frog – is named after the ...

Researchers have shown that a bacterium plucked from the gut of this frog can successfully eradicate aggressive colon tumors ...