the froglets (the term for a frog that is no longer a tadpole but isn’t fully grown) of this species hide in plain sight—by camouflaging themselves to look like a blob of poop. Adult Wallace ...

“You wait till you see the frogs in my aunt Tonya’s shit pond,” he said. “You can hear them hollering from the road, and I ...

Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology.

The Crater Mountain Treehole frog also has brown-white coloring that resembles bird droppings. Like the Wallace flying frog, it becomes green as an adult. “It’s interesting that the little ...

Other frogs may make sounds ... [Related: These clams use poop to dominate their habitat.] “Both species live in leaf litter, are similar in size [between 1.8 and 2.3 inches], and have similar ...

The frogs, which are about the size of a human thumb, are native to the region and are found in abundance in the Western Ghats, the authors wrote. On that day in June, the tropical foothills were ...

VIENNA - The young offspring of a frog native to Southeast Asia display an "unusual colour pattern", probably to camouflage themselves "as animal droppings" to escape predators, according to a study.

A researcher in Japan has identified an incredible escape behavior in a species of beetle that is often eaten by frogs. The beetle actively crawls its way through the frog’s body and finds the ...

Do you like frogs? Good news: Five new tree frog species have been identified on the island of New Guinea, and some have a clever (and gross) way to disguise themselves by looking rather fecal.

Rao's intermediate golden-backed frogs are around the size of a thumb and are native to the Western Ghats, a mountain range running parallel to India's west coast. Harder, who was lead author of ...

Experts believe the amphibians use this to camouflage themselves "as animal droppings" to escape animals which want to eat them, according to a new study. A team of researchers studying the frogs ...

Scientists have discovered a frog the size of a pea hiding in a Brazilian forest that could be the world's smallest vertebrate. The 'flea toad' measures just 7.1 millimeters, on average ...