Good luck Dua Leaper: scientists return frogs wiped out by fungal disease to wild
Researchers dig ‘spas’ and install ‘saunas’ in ACT wetlands to give green and golden bell frogs the best chance of survival
January 2026
‘Every time I look at one, I smile!’: how axolotls took over the world
Nature heroes
He invented mini saunas for frogs – now this biologist has big plans to save hundreds of species
December 2025
‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats
Researcher in Kerala rainforest sounds alarm after being told frogs had died after being handled by humans
November 2025
A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend
Nearly 13m people are hoarding millions of dollars’ worth of the stylish 50 peso note, featuring Mexico’s cutest critter
The premier, the poet and the fight to save an extraordinary Australian frog
As amphibian enthusiasts get ready to hop into FrogID Week, hope persists that one of Australia’s most bizarre creatures may survive
The age of extinction
Galápagos had no native amphibians. Then it was invaded by hundreds of thousands of frogs
Scientists are only beginning to grasp the scale of the issue and understand what impact the tree frogs may have on the islands’ rare wildlife
October 2025
‘The cars just turn them into mush’: can Britain’s toads be saved from traffic and terrible decline?
Different croaks: new frog and gecko species discovered on remote island in Australia’s north
September 2025
Common toad is becoming uncommon in UK, study shows
Species’ population has almost halved in a generation and urgent action is needed to protect it, analysis finds
August 2025
Country diary
Country diary 1905: a green lizard is not a ‘serpent with legs’
18 August 1905: Reptiles and amphibians are slain by timid and ignorant people, many of whom are educated, because they are ‘venomous’
July 2025
Australian climate and environment in focus
Hopes high as hundreds of critically endangered frogs survive release into wild in Victoria
More than 600 captive-bred spotted tree frogs have joined the dwindling wild population near Mount Beauty – and so far more than half have been found again
June 2025
Australia’s critically endangered alpine tree frogs use sex to fight killer fungus
Infected males produce higher-quality sperm, display brighter throat patches and sire nearly a third more offspring
April 2025
Australian climate and environment in focus
Scientists hope sequencing genome of tiny ‘functionally extinct’ frog could help save it
Corroboree frog belongs to 100m-year-old family of amphibians but is now found only in the puddles and peat bogs of Kosciuszko national park
Young country diary
Country diary: Hundreds of eyeballs staring into the sky – it’s frogspawn
Shropshire: Thanks to my science teacher I’ve always wanted to see more of the frog life cycle – it’s one of nature’s miracles
Country diary
Country diary: Newt sex is more about chase than clinch
‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing
Toads risk their lives crossing a Somerset road to mate. This year, a patrol rescued thousands
March 2025
Country diary
Country diary: Meeting a frog at close quarters
Young country diary
Young country diary: Here are the latest newts reports!
