Blood vessels, intestines, the heart - all of the reed frog's organs are visible through its translucent skin. It's a great adaptation for camouflage...and just plain gross. (01:01) 10 Fun Facts ...

Noblella arutam, or the Arutam leaf litter frog, was discovered hidden under leaves on the forest floor, actively moving around in the night, according to a study published Oct. 2 in the peer-reviewed ...

However, that doesn't make the stories any less true. How frogs use glue as a defensive strategy Skin-secreted chemicals ...

Many of us are familiar with the story of The Frog Prince, where a princess kisses a frog, and to her surprise, it transforms into a human prince. In reality, many frog species produce poison in ...

Meet the tomato frog. When stressed, the animal’s skin releases a thick fluid that becomes extremely sticky within seconds. From a frog’s perspective, this stress usually takes the form of an ...

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You might be seeing greenhouse frogs, which are common on Oahu and most often mistaken for coqui frogs, according to the Oahu Invasive Species Committee.

The two frogs appeared just as Lynch had described and drawn them, with rough skin, many bumps and singular W-shaped ridges on their backs. Some frogs’ tympana or eardrums stick out from their ...

Wildlife officials in Hawaii are using aerial drones to wage chemical warfare on coqui frogs by dumping citric acid on these ...

The Eiffinger's tree frog (Kurixalus eiffingeri), found on Ishigaki and Iriomote islands in Japan, has a unique biological adaptation: its tadpoles do not defecate during their early developmental ...

Endangered frogs snatched as tadpoles from fire-ravaged mountains above Los Angeles in 2020 were returned home last year in a moment of hope and excitement. But the California amphibians are once ...

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