The frogs belong to a group called torrent frogs — and they were just discovered as a species new to science. Researchers ...

The new species was named Amolops gudao, or the Gudao Cascade frog. “Baihualing, where the new species occurs, lies on the historical passage of the famous Southern Silk Road,” researchers said.

Biologists in Washington State are calculating the best way to save crucial habitat for the Cascades frog. Late September isn’t the coldest time of year to be in the Seven Lakes Basin of Olympic ...

Scientists have shown a direct link between nonnative fish stocking and these declines, which are devastating such species as the golden trout, Lahontan cutthroat trout, mountain yellow-legged frog, ...