Male Darwin's frogs raise young in their mouths, protecting them from predators until they have matured for weeks, when the fathers regurgitate them into the world. But nothing can protect them from a ...

Some of nature's most fascinating fathers may be at risk of extinction. Male Darwin's frogs swallow their offspring in the tadpole stage, incubate their young in their vocal sacs, and eventually spit ...

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Chile has launched a new effort to save the endangered Darwin's frog, which measures just over an inch. The government is seeking to protect this tiny amphibian's habitats and areas where they ...

LONDON — It was quite the journey for such tiny froglets: traveling thousands of miles from the forests of southern Chile to London, carried and brooded inside their fathers’ vocal sacs for safety.

The researchers sampled for Bd in multiple species of wild amphibians in Rhinoderma native habitats in Chile and Argentina and preserved specimens in museums in South America and Europe. They found ...

Males of the South American species incubate their young in their vocal sacs. The London Zoo recently established a breeding colony to save the frog from extinction. By Franz Lidz The folk song “Frog ...

A frog named after Charles Darwin has gone extinct because of a deadly amphibian skin disease, scientists reported last week in the journal PLOS One. Darwin’s frogs were named after the father of ...

Iconic species likely to be wiped-out by amphibian fungus, despite lack of obvious short-term evidence. Iconic species likely to be wiped-out by amphibian fungus, despite lack of obvious short-term ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A frog named after Charles Darwin has gone extinct because of a deadly amphibian skin disease, scientists believe. Darwin's frogs were named after the father of evolution, who ...