Most amphibians die when exposed to salt — except the crab-eating frog, which thrives with it. Here’s how it rewrote the ...
On a winter walk through Alaska’s forests, you might step over what looks like a dead frog, locked stiff beneath the leaves.
Almost two-thirds of Australia is privately owned. But most of our scientific understanding of how threatened species are ...
Citizen science is filling crucial gaps in biodiversity data on private lands in Australia. A study analyzing national FrogID ...
Scientists discover two new slender-armed frog species in Arunachal Pradesh. One is named after the late Malayali journalist ...
The animal kingdom is full of fascinating tricks for enduring sub-freezing temperatures. Birds, for example, often just take ...
This newly discovered poison frog may represent an evolutionary step on the pathway towards developing brilliant warning coloration associated with other poison dart frogs. A small reddish-brown frog ...
Resplendent with its blue stripes and golden legs, this newly described poison dart frog may look imposing, but it is only about the size of a thumbnail, measuring just 14 to 17 millimetres from the ...
Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology. Eiffinger’s tree ...
Millions of wild frogs are killed and exported each year. The majority of these are sent into the European Union where, in some places, frogs legs are considered a delicacy. However, there is little ...
Science taught me something today. Tree frogs might be the best athletes on the planet, pound for pound. Look. I know that sounds stupid. They can't windmill a basketball at 40 years old like LeBron ...