Tiny Brazilian frog is world’s smallest vertebrate. You could fit dozens on a quarter
One specimen was smaller than seven millimeters.
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Mushroom sprouting from a live frog in India baffles scientists
Scientists discover a frog in India's Western Ghats with a mushroom growing directly from its skin. Something like this has ...
Scientists find smallest-ever fanged frog species in Southeast Asia
It weighs about the same as a dime
This cute frog is bad at frogging. Researchers now know why
The frog is probably just too small to do things like other frogs. But it found a way to survive.
What do frogs eat and other froggy facts
At their adult stage, frogs are generally carnivorous, but there are exceptions.
Researchers successfully regrow limbs on frogs. They want to do the same thing with humans
A drug cocktail has shown promise in regrowing lost limbs.
The world’s first ‘living machines’ can move, carry loads, and repair themselves
They can move, carry loads, and repair themselves.
The slimy difference between toads and frogs
Can you tell the difference between a frog and a toad?
An amphibian fungus has caused the worst mass extinction in recent history
This gruesome fungus has infected 6.5% of all known amphibians -- and it's incredibly scary.
Romeo, once the loneliest the frog in the world, finds a mate!
A modern amphibian love story with a happy ending.
City frogs are more attractive than their countriside cousins, new study shows
Female frogs like city boys, a new study finds.
Experimental bioreactor helps frogs regenerate lost limbs
No more peg legs on the high seas, yarr!
A 99-million-year-old amber fossil preserved the earliest frog from tropical forests
Very rare insight into the ancient lives of frogs.
Loneliest frog in the world is looking for a Match to save his species
This is not your typical online dating profile.
Ancient frog with a big appetite may have preyed on small dinosaurs
It bit with the force of wolves or female tigers.
Adorable pig-nosed frog completely new to science found in India
There's more to it than meets the eye.
Incredible new Amazon glass frog is so transparent you can see its beating heart
It's strikingly beautiful but also endangered.
Frog spit is one of the stickiest things you can find
The meager frog employs a very complex mechanism.
Females are not rational when it comes to choosing their mates – at least in frogs
Picking a mate is one of the most important decisions anyone (human or animal) makes in a lifetime, so it's ...
First species of venomous frog found in Brazil
The first venomous (yes, venomous - not poisonous) frog was discovered in Brazil by mistake. A frog head-butted Carlos Jared in ...
Scientists find “punk” shape shifting frog
For the first time, researchers have discovered a vertebrate able to change the texture of its skin from smooth to ...
This frog hears through its mouth
One of the smallest amphibians in the world, the Gardiner's Seychelles frog, is also one of the most eccentric. The frog ...
Scientists resurrect extinct frog species that gives birth through its mouth
The gastric brooding frog incubates and hatches its eggs in its gut. The hatchlings then exit through the frog's mouth. ...
Fantastic frog found flying in Vietnamese forests
Scientists have stumbled upon a new species of flying frog - on the ground. While hiking in 2009, not far ...
World’s tiniest vertebrates found
Measuring only a fraction of a coin, these tiny frogs were discovered hopping around in the tropical forests of Papua ...