A blue northern leopard frog was found in water (not pictured) in Grant County, Washington, officials said. The discovery was rare. Conscious Design via Unsplash A rare creature with “iridescent” ...

A batch of 1,000 rare tadpoles raised at the Phoenix Zoo landed in a new home at the Grasshopper Tank in the Tonto National Forest, part of ongoing efforts to boost the population of the threatened ...

New York state environmental officials are planning to update their list of endangered and threatened species as part of a push to protect animals that are at the brink of extinction. Those include ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s largest environmental group is pushing for the inclusion of a rare local frog on the state endangered species list, as the frog’s numbers are dwindling in the ...

Following decades of decline, the population of Oregon spotted frogs in the Upper Deschutes Basin is showing signs of a rebound, a signal that the region’s unhealthy wetlands are beginning to recover.

BEND, Ore. — In 2012, Jay Bowerman received an exciting email from a friend. The message contained a photo of an Oregon spotted frog that the friend’s 6-year-old nephew, Brett Judish, had caught in ...