Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frogs have long held a bad rap (at least among some people) for being slimy, even scary, critters, but that's not very fair to ...

A curious aspect of tree frogs is that they often lay their eggs on the ground where the risk of predation by natural enemies is greater than in the trees where they live. A research team suggested ...

On a winter walk through Alaska’s forests, you might step over what looks like a dead frog, locked stiff beneath the leaves.

A Hidden Camera captures a green tree frog clinging securely to a dry reed, offering a close view of its bright green skin, large reflective eyes, slender limbs, and rounded adhesive toe pads. The ...

Researchers, including Jeff Streicher, Senior Curator in Charge, Amphibians and Reptiles at the Natural History Museum, London, have unveiled the most extensive evolutionary tree of frogs (anuran ...

Bright colors are only part of what makes these tree frogs interesting. As they crawl and hop across the caretaker’s arms, ...

A zoo has said its "army of amphibians" are waking up from a kind of natural standby mode – looking like Muppet characters. Australia's Healesville Sanctuary has shared scenes of its frogs rousing ...

Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology. Eiffinger’s tree ...

For frogs, love is noisy. Each spring, swamps, marshes and ponds across the United States become the amphibian equivalent of raucous singles bars as a host of damp-skinned hopefuls from many species ...

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When it comes to laying eggs, tree frogs have some unusual habits. Instead of always laying their eggs on tree branches where they usually live, they often lay their eggs on the ground. But why would ...