@SP Body Copy:Tommy and Molly Knecht’s Grandma gave them a unique Easter gift in 2010. “It was really cool because it was our first pet,” said Molly, 6. “Definitely — I just love frogs,” agreed Tommy, ...

Yes, you read the title correctly — I grew up with an African dwarf frog as a pet. Not a dog, cat, hamster or bunny … but a small, 3-inch-long, brownish-green aquatic African dwarf frog. It was winter ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A type of frog commonly kept in household aquariums has been linked to more than 200 Salmonella typhimurium ...

Water frogs – African dwarf frogs to be exact – are thought to be responsible, once again, for an outbreak of Salmonella that this time has sickened at least 217 people in 41 states, the Centers for ...

Jan. 8 -- THURSDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time in the United States, doctors have spotted an outbreak of Salmonella linked to African dwarf frogs, typically kept in home aquariums.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Buying your tyke a pet frog might carry a downside that extends well beyond the “ick” factor, a new study finds. Pet African dwarf frogs harboring salmonella have ...

People of a certain age may still harbor resentment at parents who didn't allow them to buy those cute little pet-store turtles with their cute little artificial oases and green plastic umbrellas. Our ...

A four-year survey of a strange salmonella outbreak in children found that the culprits appear to be pet African dwarf frogs, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and ...