A genus of around 20 burrowing frog species found mostly in South Africa is famous for its members' short limbs, flat, angry-looking faces, and rounded “golf-ball” like bodies. Now, this collection of ...

More than 7,000 species of frogs hop, climb and perch around our world—which means more than 7,000 unique frog calls permeate our air. “The diversity of frog sounds is hard to overstate,” says Mark ...

Scientists in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest described a remarkable new species of frog, Brachycephalus dacnis, measuring just 6.95 millimeters in length – about the size of a pencil eraser.

The team also described the newly discovered poison dart frog as an “Amazonian hidden gem”. It was the first new species in this genus found in 13 years – and it might not be the only such ...

Resplendent with its blue stripes and golden legs, this newly described poison dart frog may look imposing, but it is only about the size of a thumbnail, measuring just 14 to 17 millimetres from ...