African clawed frogs get their name from the three claws on their hind feet, which are used to tear apart food. These aquatic ...

Near a campsite in southeastern Africa, a “golden”-eyed creature sat in the sand and called out with “high-pitched notes.” ...

Africa will take you eye to eye with the unknown in the world’s greatest wilderness. The five diverse regions of this continent seem to stretch beyond the imagination.

A tree frog has been found in a suitcase in Edinburgh after hitching a lift from South Africa. The small amphibian was found by a visitor returning to Scotland on Tuesday. He has been named ...

They have been known to live in the same tank as these frogs while the African dwarf frog is still tiny. Most guppies are only around 1.5 to 2.5 inches in size, so they are not very large fish.

A female African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, was housed at the Biological Resources Facility of North Carolina State University in a tank with two other females. The frog was ∼1.5 years old and ...

Mozambique sand frogs are “burrowing” amphibians ... Mozambique is a country in southeastern Africa, bordering Eswatini, the Indian Ocean, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

African clawed frogs used to be the best human pregnancy tests in the world. Doctors would inject a woman's urine into the back of a female frog; if positive, the frog would lay eggs. Frog or ...

After a heavy rain swells pools in the African landscape, male frogs gather in poolside vegetation and call for mates, while females in the pools absorb water through their skin. When she’s ...