The Atlantic Coast leopard frog, first identified in an industrial section of Staten Island in 2012, is now on the state’s endangered species list. Conservation groups see an opportunity. By Aaron ...

Reaching over 3.5 m in length, the bushmaster (belonging in the Lachesis genus) is the largest viper in the western hemisphere. Legend spread among both colonists and natives from the Amazon region ...

The name of a newly described species of frog, native to the Amazon Basin in northern Brazil, has some serious girl power. The frogs have reticulated, semi-transparent eyelids, spines on their hands, ...