Many Jamaicans have a somewhat superstitious fear of anything slippery and slimy — in other words, amphibians and reptiles. Lizards (in particular the endemic Jamaican Croaking Gecko, Aristelliger ...

The Audubon Zoo is home to hundreds of species from around the world, many of them dangerous and from tropical locales. Recently, however, government officials have sounded the alarm about one species ...

As if lizards the size of dogs weren’t enough of a problem, now comes cannibal tree frogs the size of fists. Called Cuban tree frogs, they are originally from the Caribbean and were introduced in the ...

A toxic and invasive Cuban tree frog hitched a ride in a car from Florida to North Carolina, BeWild Reptile Rescue said. Facebook screengrab from BeWild Reptile Rescue An exotic frog believed to be ...

Just when you thought it was safe to drink coffee, along comes the Environmental Protection Agency with news that this is one drink that can kill you -- if you're a Caribbean tree frog. The EPA has ...

Deep in the forests of Haiti lives the blue-eyed La Hotte glanded frog (Eleutherodactylus glandulifer), which once went 20 years without being observed by scientists. It belongs to a diverse genus ...

An exotic frog believed to be both toxic and invasive was found inside someone’s car in North Carolina, according to BeWild Reptile Rescue in Durham. The agency reported the unusual discovery in an ...