What prompts the embryos of certain frogs to hatch early if shaken by a hungry reptile but not if buffeted by an outside force such as rain? According to biologist Karen Warkentin, it's a ...

A team of researchers has discovered new insights into the evolution of color patterns in frogs and toads -- collectively known as anurans. Animal color patterns can help them camouflage with their ...

Borneo’s tree-hole frog may come as close to playing a musical instrument as any wild animal does, according to new tests. Plenty of animals make structured sounds, but this inch-long rain forest frog ...

Climate change poses a significant threat to grey tree frogs, affecting their habitats, breeding patterns, and survival. Rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns are altering the delicate ...

Discovered in the 1950s, Romer’s tree frog has so far been declared extinct, rediscovered, immediately declared Critically Endangered, been seriously threatened by an international airport, and become ...

Leptopelis brevirostris, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Source: Christian Irian. See ‘Eye size and investment in frogs and toads correlate with adult habitat, activity pattern and breeding ecology’ ...