If you’re as chronically online as most of the IFLScience staff are, chances are you’ve come across the desert rain frog.

A squeaky frog that became an internet sensation is added to a global list of species at risk of extinction.

The desert rain frog, native to a narrow coastal strip of south-west Africa, has been classified as vulnerable on the IUCN red list, as its habitat is threatened by mining ...

Conservationists say diamond mining and planned energy projects are destroying the desert rain frog's habitat, with its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Desert Rain Frog, Web-footed Rain Frog, or Boulenger's Short-headed Frog (Breviceps macrops) is a species of frog found in ...

By Victoria Schneider The survival of a unique frog species that lives in the coastal sand dunes of South Africa and Namibia ...

Known online for its squeaky call and almost toy-like look with wide eyes and a notably round body, the desert rain frog has ...

Thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface, creatures that have never been formally named are vanishing before scientists ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Mining for diamonds has put another extraordinary creature at risk of disappearing such as "the desert rain frog." A frog that became an internet sensation because of its trademark squeaky defensive ...

PORT NOLLOTH, South Africa - A wildlife photographer's footage of a desert rain frog has gone viral on the Internet. Video of the nocturnal amphibian's defensive cry has caused viewers to dub the ...