French colonists first brought vanilla to Madagascar’s neighbouring island of Réunion in the early 19th Century. It grows as a clinging vine, reaching lengths of up to 300ft (90m).

Mini is an all-new genus of frog. (Related: "Smallest Frogs Found—Each Tinier Than an M & M.") “You could sit the brain on the top of a pin.

A Higham Ferrers pervert was caught out by Facebook by paedophile hunters after he thought he was chatting to a 14-year-old girl.

Banner image: El Rincon stream frog (Pleurodema somuncurense). Image by Hernan Povedano, courtesy of Federico Kacoliris. FEEDBACK: Use this form to send a message to the author of this post.

BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys argued over whether a Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought “biological materials” into the U.S. in a court hearing Wednesday. Kseniia Petrova ...

BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys argued over whether a Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought “biological materials” into the U.S. in a court hearing Wednesday. Kseniia Petrova, a Russian ...

Scientists found rare frogs with large hands, patterned sides, chirping call in trees & discovered a new species: Guibemantis sioka, study said & photos show.

Scientists followed a chirping sound in a Madagascar forest to a “secretive” creature and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Walking through a dark misty ...

Scientists followed a chirping sound in a Madagascar forest to a “secretive” creature and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Walking through a dark misty ...