Frogs are fascinating creatures, known very well for their unique hopping movements and distinct croaking sounds. What can set frogs apart from other animals in the animal kingdom is their ecological ...

If not for a pair of Smithsonian scientists, the fingernail-size frog from Brazil would have likely gone extinct without ever being described Jack Tamisiea Museum scientists collected this frog ...

A group led by University of São Paulo (USP) researchers in Brazil has described a new genus of frogs, Dryadobates, also known as rocket frogs, which was previously considered a single species. The ...

Even within a single species, animals don't all respond in the same way to environmental changes. A new study of reed frogs in East Africa reveals that understanding these differences could be key to ...

A quiet world beneath Madagascar’s forest floor has just become far richer. An international team of scientists has described seven new species of diamond frogs, a secretive group known as ...

Some frogs near roaring waterfalls have abandoned croaking as their main form of communication, turning instead to a strange, deliberate leg gesture that has puzzled researchers for years. What ...

Researchers published findings describing a new species of fanged frog, named Limnonectes cassiopeia, from the Philippine island of Luzon. Researchers from the University of Kansas have published ...