Tiny creature crawls to top of logs to call in Madagascar. See newly discovered species
Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, in northwestern Madagascar, is filled with breathtaking shards of karst limestone. Creating ...
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Rare frog dads travel 7,000 miles to ‘give birth’ in UK, escaping deadly fungus
The remote forests of southern Chile are home to the Southern Darwin’s Frog (Rhinoderma darwinii). Discovered by Charles Darwin in 1834, the tiny Southern Darwin’s Frogs are well-known for their ...
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Poisonous creature — found among trash between houses — is a new species in Colombia
The most dangerous thing in these bite-sized forests is not broken glass or chemicals — it’s a tiny, poisonous frog. Epipedobates are species of poisonous frogs found in dry and humid tropical ...
Endangered Frogs Born In London Zoo After Rescue From Deadly Fungus
London Zoo is celebrating the birth of 33 Darwin’s frogs, following the zoo’s urgent mission to rescue the critically ...
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Scientists hope these tiny froglets can save their species
The creatures have a unique reproductive strategy: after the females lay eggs, the male frogs protect and rear the tiny tadpoles inside their distensible vocal sacs for them to develop in safety. A ...
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Frog named after Charles Darwin saved from extinction
The birth of the frogs at London Zoo has been hailed as a "landmark moment" in the ongoing battle to save the species from extinction following the introduction of the deadly chytrid fungus to their ...
Endangered frog daddies transported 7,000 miles to ‘give birth’ to young
Uniquely among amphibians, male Darwin’s frogs carry their tiny tadpoles inside their vocal sacs to protect them until they metamorphose into froglets. The dad then spits out a succession of between ...