Clik here to view.
The Frog Tunneler
Hara Woltz and Friends courtesy Hara Woltz Hara Woltz's clients don't say much -- mostly just ribbit. A landscape architect and biologist at Columbia University, Woltz has undertaken the daunting task...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Sounds of Science
White Noise Omegatron (GNU Free Documentation License) Behold Huia cavitympanum: the only frog species that can communicate through ultrasonic calls too high-pitched for humans to hear. Two scientists...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Battle of the Self-Mutilating Amphibians
Hairy Frog GustavocarraIn one corner, we have the "hairy" frog, Trichobatrachus robustus, hailing from Cameroon.In the other corner, meet the Spanish ribbed newt, Pleurodeles waltl, hailing from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Frogs in Peril: A Race to Save a Threatened Frog With Risky Experimental...
Frogs in Peril Joel Sartore For years, every time Vance Vredenburg visited his study area in Kings Canyon National Park in California, he tallied about 100 Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs. But in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Newly Discovered Frog Is the World's Smallest Vertebrate
Tiniest Vertebrate On Earth Paedophryne amauensis is the smallest vertebrate, discovered in a village in Papua New Guinea. Adults are just 7.0 to 8.0 millimeters. Click here to embiggen the photo....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rainforest Expedition Turns Up 46 New Creatures, Including This Cowboy Frog
Howdy, Cowboy Frog This frog was found in a night survey in a remote area of Suriname. Paul Ouboter/Conservation International Scientists trekking through the Suriname rainforest, one of the last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Curious Things That Fall From The Sky
Falling From The Sky Rain and snow aren't the only things to fall from the sky. Throughout history rare occurrences have been recorded of other less expected and surprising forms of deluge. In 2001,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scientists Resurrect Bonkers Extinct Frog That Gives Birth Through Its Mouth
Gastric-Brooding Frog Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts In 1983, the world lost one of its weirdest frogs. The gastric-brooding frog, native to tiny...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Weird Tiny Frog Hears With Its Mouth
Gardiner's Frog R. Boistel/CNRS The Gardiner's Seychelles frog is one of the smallest amphibians in the world, measuring less than half an inch long. But their extreme tininess isn't the only curious...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Double Life Of A Frog-Loving Spy
Spying On Frogs Thomas Wydra via Wikimedia CommonsThis has all the makings of a grand tale: A spy leading a double life. An exotic locale. And…an obsession with frogs? It turns out prolific amphibian...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Big Pic: Frog That Got Too Close To A Rocket Will Make You Laugh, Cry
Space Frog NASA/Wallops/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport So: Space Frog. What can we say about this Space Frog? A quick eulogy perhaps, since this frog, which apparently got too close to the LADEE...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Where Have All The Frogs Gone? New Study Illuminates Killer Fungus
Frogs in Peril Joel Sartore More than 80 percent of the world's sharp-snouted day frogs died off in the decade leading up to 2004. In 2002, the International Union for Conservation of Nature placed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Fake Robot Frog Is Key For Field Research
Amorous Amphibian Cast in urethane from a mold of a túngara frog, the robot [above] was finished with a glossy top coat to mimic wet skin. It can be used to study either mating rituals or the behavior...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rational Paranoia: Scientist Pursued By Chemical Company For Studies
Atrazine You must read this article in the New Yorker about a scientist being pursued by a chemical company after showing that one of its products was harmful. Tyrone Hayes, a UC-Berkeley scientist,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Do Frogs Jump? [Video]
Australian tree frog. Photo by Stephen Barnett on Flickr, licensed under Creative CommonsFrogs can jump pretty far, right? The general image of a frog is one with a lithe torso and long back legs to...
View ArticleRainforest Expedition Turns Up 46 New Creatures, Including This Cowboy Frog
Scientists trekking through the Suriname rainforest, one of the last road-free wilderness areas in the world, turned up a host of animals that conservation biologists believe…
View ArticleCurious Things That Fall From The Sky
Rain and snow aren't the only things to fall from the sky. Throughout history rare occurrences have been recorded of other less expected and surprising forms of deluge. In 2001, parts of India were...
View ArticleScientists Resurrect Bonkers Extinct Frog That Gives Birth Through Its Mouth
In 1983, the world lost one of its weirdest frogs. The gastric-brooding frog, native to tiny portions of Queensland, Australia, gave birth through its mouth, the only frog…
View ArticleThis Weird Tiny Frog Hears With Its Mouth
The Gardiner's Seychelles frog is one of the smallest amphibians in the world, measuring less than half an inch long. But their extreme tininess isn't the only curious…
View ArticleThe Double Life Of A Frog-Loving Spy
This has all the makings of a grand tale: A spy leading a double life. An exotic locale. And…an obsession with frogs? It turns out prolific amphibian researcher Edward…
View Article
