While frog and salamander declines worldwide have made scientists outspoken about the need to preserve amphibian genetic diversity, two University of California, Berkeley, biologists emphasize another ...

Undated photo issued by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, shows the Chiriqui Harlequin Frog, endemic to Costa Rica and Panama, which is now extinct, according to an IUCN report ...

Once common along highland streams in western Costa Rica and Panama, the variable harlequin frog, Atelopus varius, is endangered throughout its range, decimated by a disease caused by the amphibian ...

A fungus that is devastating populations of frogs and toads around the world may be vulnerable to a virus that can infect it, and that could be genetically engineered to kill it The Panamanian golden ...

Smithsonian Scientists Release Frogs Wearing Mini Radio Transmitters Into Panamanian Wilderness First Release Trial To Help Pave the Way for Reintroduction Programs for Critically Endangered Frogs ...

Chytridiomycosis is caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a type of chytrid fungus. Scientists believe Bd originated in Africa, and has spread around the world where it has contributed to the ...

The indigenous Arhuaco people of the Sogrome community living in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have been residing alongside the the starry night harlequin toad (Atelopus arsyecue) for ...

Biologists argue that more research needs to be done on the colorful yet poisonous harlequin toads of Central and South America, not only because their ecology is poorly known, but because their ...