Forget the tadpoles - in Tanzania's mountain forests, three newly discovered toads enter the world ready to hop. A new study, published in Vertebrate Zoology, introduces toad species that give birth ...

In a stream in a city in southern China, calls led researchers to a new species. Wu X, Pan Y, Xiao W, Chen J, Yu G, Wei X (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution In the lush landscape of southern China, a ...

In a forest in southern China at the edge of the Wuling Mountains, a previously unknown species with bright bulging copper eyes and fringed toes sat chirping by a river. In 2024, researchers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Brought in to address a problem, cane toads now represent ...