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When researchers first laid their hands on a newly discovered frog deep in Panama’s forests, they were in for a surprise. The small, golden amphibian left a lasting impression—literally. As they handled the frog, its bright yellow pigment rubbed off onto their skin, leaving their fingers stained with the same hue that gives this remarkable […]
The new frogs were named after the captains from a sci-fi franchise, in a fitting tribute.
One specimen was smaller than seven millimeters.
Scientists discover a frog in India's Western Ghats with a mushroom growing directly from its skin. Something like this has never been seen before.
It weighs about the same as a dime
The frog is probably just too small to do things like other frogs. But it found a way to survive.
At their adult stage, frogs are generally carnivorous, but there are exceptions.
A drug cocktail has shown promise in regrowing lost limbs.
They can move, carry loads, and repair themselves.
Can you tell the difference between a frog and a toad?
This gruesome fungus has infected 6.5% of all known amphibians -- and it's incredibly scary.
A modern amphibian love story with a happy ending.
Female frogs like city boys, a new study finds.
No more peg legs on the high seas, yarr!
Very rare insight into the ancient lives of frogs.
This is not your typical online dating profile.
It bit with the force of wolves or female tigers.
There's more to it than meets the eye.
It's strikingly beautiful but also endangered.
Enjoy!
The meager frog employs a very complex mechanism.
Picking a mate is one of the most important decisions anyone (human or animal) makes in a lifetime, so it's important to weigh all the pros and cons and make a rational decision. But that doesn't go for frogs. Female túngara frogs often exhibit irrational behavior when choosing a mate. This challenges many previously held beliefs as well as several biological behavior models.
The first venomous (yes, venomous – not poisonous) frog was discovered in Brazil by mistake. A frog head-butted Carlos Jared in the hand, and after a while he started feeling a strange pain; it took him a while to connect the dots and realize that the frog was responsible for the pain he was feeling and […]
For the first time, researchers have discovered a vertebrate able to change the texture of its skin from smooth to spiny. The new frog species was found in Ecuador in the plentiful moss surrounding the native forest.
One of the smallest amphibians in the world, the Gardiner’s Seychelles frog, is also one of the most eccentric. The frog doesn’t stand out through an over-glamorous coloring or some unique, wild mating call, but rather as a result of one of its weird biological features. This frog doesn’t have ears – yet it can hear. […]
In a great leap forward towards reviving extinct animal species, scientists at University of New South Wales, Australia have grown embryos that contain the genetic markup of a rather peculiar, yet unfortunately extinct frog species native to Australia. The frog died off in the 1980s due to parasites, loss of habitat, invasive weeds and fungus, and […]
Scientists have stumbled upon a new species of flying frog – on the ground. While hiking in 2009, not far from Ho Chi Minh City, the capital of Vietnam, “we came across a huge green frog, sitting on a log,” said Jodi Rowley, an amphibian biologist at the Australian Museum in Sydney. Upon further inspection, […]
Measuring only a fraction of a coin, these tiny frogs were discovered hopping around in the tropical forests of Papua New Guinea. But small as they are, they have really big names: Paedophryne amauensis and Paedophryne swiftorum are the smallest vertebrates found so far, according to the report published in PLoS one. Until now, that […]
