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 ...

As part of a conservation initiative, 33 endangered Darwin's froglets have been born in the UK. The remote forests of southern Chile are home to the Southern Darwin's Frog (Rhinoderma darwinii).

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 ...

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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 ...

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.

A total of 86 Darwin’s frogs are being housed at London Zoo to keep them safe from a deadly infectious disease that has affected over 500 amphibian species worldwide. “Unfortunately, the spread of ...

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 ...

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 ...