An amphibian has lived up to its name, swapping out its usual green coloring for bright blue, in the first-ever record of a magnificent tree frog with this appearance. It's stunned scientists ...

The frogs were also only observed in one small part of the jungle. More information: Esteban Diego Koch et al, A remarkable new blue Ranitomeya species (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with copper metallic ...

The second, released May 14 in the journal PLOS One, introduces the light blue ... in a small range, spotted across just a couple of miles of forest, it seems likely that the toxic frogs ...

The blue pigmentation is due to a rare genetic mutation, experts say. Land managers in a wildlife sanctuary in Kimberley, Western Australia, spotted the mutant amphibian when it hopped into their ...

Scientists in Western Australia have found a tree frog which is bright blue, rather than the usual green, due to a rare genetic mutation. The blue magnificent tree frog was spotted in the Charnley ...

Throughout South America, frogs of the Ranitomeya genus typically occupy very particular habitats. It has been over a decade since a new species within this genus was discovered, making this a ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a tree frog with bright blue skin instead of the usual green color, new pictures show. The blue pigmentation is due to a rare genetic mutation, experts say.