WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A rare and threatened species of tiny frog has been found breeding in a New Zealand animal park, meaning its future may now be more secure, researchers said Monday.

Seventy million years ago New Zealand broke away from Australia, essentially isolating Archey’s frog and its relatives from all predatory mammals. Yet, if the New Zealand government has its way ...

Wellington - A toxic fungus blamed for decimating amphibian populations around the world has been found in New Zealand, prompting fears that the country's four unique frog species could be wiped out.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A rare and threatened species of tiny frog has been found breeding in a New Zealand animal park, meaning its future may now be more secure, researchers said Monday.

Forest & Bird, an influential conservation organization in New Zealand, adamantly supports the use of 1080; while Phil Bishop, an expert on Archey’s and Hochstetter’s frogs, also cautiously ...

Saving NZ’S Native Frogs The Message of This Year’s Freddo Frog Roadshow In a bid to help raise awareness of New Zealand’s endangered native frogs, Cadbury is kicking off its Freddo Frog ...

As Kermit would say, "It's not easy being green", or in the case of New Zealand native frogs, it's not easy being brown and green in a world full of disease, pesticides, predators and shrinking ...

The research led him to a group of tailed frogs in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and their closest relatives in New Zealand. They branched off from the rest of frogs about 200 ...

The Archey's Frog, native to New Zealand, is the world's most evolutionarily distinct amphibian. In December, seven frogs were hatched at the Auckland Zoo and staff say they are thriving.