On an evening walk in 2023, I’d just started listening to Emily Hanford’s groundbreaking podcast “Sold a Story,” when an interview with a father and daughter hit me like a ton of library books. The ...

ALTOS DE CAMPANA NATIONAL PARK, Panama — Brian Gratwicke’s lunch box was full of frogs. Kneeling on the muddy rainforest floor, the biologist opened his red Coleman cooler and scooped one up. It was a ...

President Donald Trump has continued his attempts to paint Portland as a crime-ridden “never-ending disaster,” due in part to the protests taking place at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...

One of the most photogenic and beloved frogs hopping across Australia, the green tree frog is hard to mistake, with its bright green skin, golden eyes and tell-tale flat discs on its fingers and toes ...

A new study has found evidence of big gains in students’ reading ability from using one specific phonics program—and suggests that consistent implementation is key to getting the strongest results.

Primary school children in Victoria will increasingly be taught to read via a teaching method called 'phonics'. It's a way of explicitly teaching sounds, which enables children to decipher unfamiliar ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The extremely rare Indian purple frog doesn’t really look ...

The Rust Frog Boot Helmet is a brand-new cosmetic released as part of a collaboration between developer Facepunch Studios and popular clothing company Wellipets. Frog Boots are one of the most ...

‘Frog saunas’ could help save endangered species from the devastating chytrid fungus. All over the world, frogs are being wiped out by the chytrid fungus. At least 500 species have declined, including ...

In short: All Victorian state schools will use phonics to teach reading from 2025. The government says teachers will spend a minimum of 25 minutes a day on "explicit teaching" of phonics and phonemic ...

Burnout is a challenge that often sneaks up on us, and we frequently don't see it coming until it's too late. The Boiling Frog Syndrome describes the effect on a frog being put into boiling water and ...