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The deadly chytrid fungus is blamed for most of the 200 recent amphibian disappearances, with more to come 
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A rainforest frog population grew by about 50 percent when scientists built pools for tadpoles that mimic puddles made by other animals.
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The brilliant thighed frog is common across the Amazon River Basin, but conservation efforts will be studying this small frog as river habitats change.
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Often touted as low-impact, remote oil roads in the Amazon are, in fact, having a large impact on frogs living in flowers in the upper canopy, according to a ne
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A new survey reveals richest biodiversity, and new species, of amphibians and reptiles in Peru's Manú National Park.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
Manú passes Yasuní as the park or protected area with the highest number of amphiban and reptile species on the planet!
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A new look at cryptic species has unearthed a treasure trove of chill frogs.
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Scientists hopeful of finding other amphibian species presumed to have been wiped out by chytrid fungus infection Sightings of a toad thought to be extinct in Costa Rica have lead researchers to believe other isolated fragments of Central America's...
The Morpho Institute's insight:
Wahoooo! Good news from our other favorite rainforest country - Costa Rica!
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Plane wings could de-ice themselves by secreting anti-freeze.
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A plant ecologist follows herpetologists through the species-rich forests of Amazonian Peru.
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Species of poison frogs that utilize bright warning coloration as protection from predators are more likely to develop louder, more complex calls than relatives that rely on camouflage. New research indicates that because these visual cues establish certain species as unsavory prey, they are free to make noisy calls in plain sight and better attract possible mates.
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A conservationist is trying to save the frog, whose Colombia habitat is under assault by development and mining.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
The golden poison frog is both feared and coveted. Its scientific name, Phyllobates terribilis, includes “the terrible” because its toxins are so poisonous.
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An international team of researchers has made important progress in understanding the distribution of the deadly amphibian chytrid pathogen.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
Yay!
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Often touted as low-impact, remote oil roads in the Amazon are, in fact, having a large impact on frogs living in flowers in the upper canopy, according to a new paper published in PLOS ONE.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
Often touted as low-impact, remote oil roads in the Amazon are, in fact, having a large impact on frogs living in bromeliads in the upper canopy.
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A ranger in the Peruvian rainforest captured the moment the cane toad snatched a hapless bat out of the air but later spat it out after failing to swallow it.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
Ever heard the phrase "Your eyes are bigger than your stomach" when you put more on your plate than you could eat? It certainly applies to this toad when it decided a bat would be just great for dinner. The Peruvian Amazon...it just continues to amaze!
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In 2014 a group of students from the Derryfield school in New Hampshire traveled with their teacher and Marcy Sieggreen from the Detroit Zoo to investigate chytrid fungus in the Amazon. It was a lesson in the challenges of field work - and its importance in understanding our world.