There are places where frogs could be — but aren't. Ninety years ago, scientists were debating the question of animal dispersal. How come there are kangaroos in Australia, and none in southern Africa ...

One of the small handful of flying frogs in the world, the harlequin tree frog is not the kind of creature you’d easily miss. WITH A REDDISH-brown body, bright yellow flanks, and extensive webbing on ...

Katherine Gonzalez, a young Costa Rican scientist, is helping to explore how a tiny fly in the middle of the jungle can hear the love songs that male frogs produce for females. The flies then find the ...

Exceptional frog leaps fit for David Attenborough nature documentaries are not all thanks to muscle power. A recent study published last week in Biology Letters unveiled that the secret lies in the ...

Take the túngara frog (Engystomops pustulosus). During the breeding season, males gather in ponds and puddles throughout Central and South America and call to attract females of their own species.

Scientists are seeking submissions of photos of frogs in Australia It can help detect "inconspicuous" frogs, and also aid in conservation "The power of collective action can be amazing for science": ...

Camouflage takes many forms in the natural world. Some animals are born with skin or coats that blend in naturally with their environment. Some Old World lizards like the chameleon have an almost ...

There are places where frogs could be — but aren't. And places where frogs could be — and are. Ninety years ago, scientists were debating the question of animal dispersal. How come there are kangaroos ...

There are places where frogs could be — but aren't. And places where frogs could be — and are. Scientists in the 1930s hadn't yet come up with the notion of plate tectonics (that continents break up ...

Ninety years ago, scientists were debating the question of animal dispersal. How come there are kangaroos in Australia, and none in southern Africa --which seems, environmentally, very ...