Meet the lemur leaf frog! These attractive amphibians — best known for their big, beautiful eyes — are critically endangered. The good news? Reptile Discovery Center keepers at the Smithsonian’s ...

Since2005, the lethal chytrid fungus has killed 85 percent of the frogs in Panama. Some 1,700 miles away, researchers at the Atlanta Botanical Garden are helping rescue these endangered amphibians and ...

Jungfer, Karl Heinz and Weygoldt, Peter. 1994. "The reproductive biology of the leaf frog Phyllomedusa lemur Boulenger, 1882, and a comparison with other members of the Phyllomedusinae (Anura: Hylidae ...

Actress Betty White holds a lemur leaf frog during her tour today at the National Zoo Photo courtesy of the National Zoo Betty White is a self-described “zoo nut.” At age 90, she balances her ...

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The famed Komodo dragon, the Amur tiger and the European glass lizard are just a few of the 19 new animals at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. These species were gradually introduced to Washington, D.C ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. “It is surprising,” said study co-author Rikki Gumbs of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), “that more than 1,500 species … are estimated to ...