Why are frogs diverse in some parts of Africa's rainforests and less so in others? The patterns of cooling and glaciation during the last ice age would probably not have been your first answer or even ...

Scientists found frogs follow completely different island rules because even short stretches of ocean become impossible barriers for them.

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 ...

Afrobatrachian frogs account for roughly half of all frog diversity in Africa, and their modern distribution is significantly influenced by a global climate event that ended 12,000 years ago. Why are ...