A brilliantly orange frog small enough to sit on your fingernail spent years hiding from scientists in plain sight deep in ...

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 ...

Scientists from Kyoto University used underwater microphones to monitor dolphins in two bays along Japan's Sea of Japan coast ...

A FROG the size of a staple has just been discovered in Madagascar. The amphibian is one of the tiniest known to man. The adult male Mini mum frog is smaller than a fingernail Credit: Dr Andolalao ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Desert Rain Frog, Web-footed Rain Frog, or Boulenger's Short-headed Frog (Breviceps macrops) is a species of frog found in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Miniaturized frogs form a fascinating but poorly understood group of ...

The concave-eared torrent frog's unusual ear anatomy lets it hear high-frequency calls, which gives a mating advantage to the littler males that sing soprano. In the shadow of Huangshan Mountain in ...

Some harlequin frogs have lost their poison—and their ability to defend themselves. Scientists are on the case.

A team of paleontologists led by Virginia Tech's Michelle Stocker and Sterling Nesbitt of the Department of Geosciences have identified fossil fragments of what are thought to be the oldest known ...

Eiffinger's tree frogs lay eggs in an isolated water bodies such as a gap between plant stems. Their tadpoles hold onto their poop for months to reduce risk of contaminating their small spawning areas ...