While emitting its distress call, this frog makes a series of movements typical of defense against predators. It raises the front of its body, opens its mouth wide, and jerks its head backward.

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, University of Bristol academics have found. In ...

Many scientists believe the red-eyed tree frog developed its vivid scarlet peepers to shock predators into at least briefly questioning their meal choice. These iconic rain-forest amphibians sleep ...

In addition, its brilliance serves a very practical function – to dazzle and distract predators. This is a red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) comfortably hanging from a branch, as they do in ...

Meanwhile, nonnative predators like bullfrogs, fishes and crayfish feast on the frog and fungal disease and global forces — from elevated ultraviolet radiation to pesticides to climate change — also ...

With this delightfully warm weather, the earth is coming alive. Buds are swelling, maples are flowering, and the birds have ...

Its bright blue skin makes it stand out among the green and brown of the forest floor because this tiny frog actually wants to be seen. Through generations of experience, predators know that out ...

The male’s mating call, a two-note, high-pitched “co-qui,” gives the coqui frog its name. With no predators, the frogs from Puerto Rico can proliferate and eat large quantities of native ...

Rare frog rediscovered after 130 years Date: March 11, 2025 Source: Pensoft Publishers Summary: A team of researchers has rediscovered a frog species which has not been seen in more than 130 years ...

Many species of frog are known to be poisonous, such as the often colourful poison dart frogs. But although incredibly rare, there are species that are venomous too. There are currently only two ...

In Madagascar’s Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, a new species of frog was discovered. Getty Images/iStockphoto Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, in northwestern Madagascar, is filled with ...