On a sweltering afternoon in northeastern Madagascar, the coolness of a leaf’s shade is an attractive respite for a frog. But some of these oases may hide hungry architects: huntsman spiders. New ...

These huntsman spiders—their full scientific title is Sparassidae, Damastes sp.—prefer to sit and wait in traps they built for the kill. Dominic Martin via Twitter On a vanilla plantation in ...

Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards ...

It was a cold case with hundreds of victims. For decades, scientists puzzled over a gruesome mystery: What killed hundreds of fossilized frogs found at an ancient "death trap" in Germany dating to ...

Last month, we brought you “Ancient Amphibian Death Ditch”. This month, it’s “Ancient Amphibian Sex Swamp Death Trap”. In a tragic tale of lust and loss, hundreds of frisky frogs are believed to have ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The spot ...

WARWICK, England (Reuters) - A small group of British conservationists are installing mesh- covered ladders in roadside drains to save trapped amphibians from certain death. The Warwickshire Amphibian ...

Scientists analyzed hundreds of frog fossils in Germany, at one of the world's richest fossil beds. Researchers concluded the frogs were likely killed while mating, solving a decades-long mystery. The ...