Scientists hope the successful captive breeding and release of the endangered Watson's tree frog in Victoria's far east will ...

Tree frogs near Chernobyl nuclear disaster site adapted to historic radiation with darker coloring, going from green to black, study finds. Photo from Pablo Burraco and Germán Orizaola via Wiley ...

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A study on the black frogs titled "Ionizing radiation and melanism in Chornobyl tree frogs" has been published in the journal Evolutionary Applications. Since the nuclear disaster at the Chornobyl ...

In the radioactive shadows of Chernobyl, Eastern tree frogs have turned black. Far from a random mutation, this change appears to be a survival mechanism, dark skin that helps dissipate radiation.