California’s Fish and Game Commission will soon consider designating the Western spadefoot as endangered. The tiny amphibian is found in the grasslands of Southern California and the Central Valley.

"Not one frog, not one tadpole has been moved without documentation, without reporting to Game and Fish," Reifschneider said. Caruso, after having her pond dug last November, got 100 frog eggs in ...

Amphibians are land animals, but can only reproduce in water. They prefer to live in and around small bodies of water. But this habitat is becoming increasingly rare—in Germany alone, more than half ...