These frogs put the “group” in “group sex”—and that helps them thrive. Of all vertebrates, gray foam-nest tree frogs exhibit ... Five days later tadpoles will wiggle free of the nest ...
Many scientists believe the red-eyed tree frog developed its vivid scarlet peepers to shock predators into at least briefly questioning their meal choice. These iconic rain-forest amphibians sleep ...
The yellow-spotted tree frog ... decline in the frog population happened around 1981, and the species was hard to find until there was a rediscovery in 2009. At this point, tadpoles were collected ...
but about half their food consists of Pacific tree frogs and California mice. Tadpoles and young frogs hunt invertebrates both day and night, adding to their vulnerability to predators. THREATS: ...
Most everyone recognizes frogs. Frogs, like salamanders and newts ... Toads use all sorts of water bodies to deposit their long strings of eggs. Since hatching and tadpole development can be completed ...
Though purple frog tadpoles were described as far back as 1917, it was as late as 2003 when an adult was finally described. However, it had already been known to local communities who had ...
Following a 7,000-mile-long rescue mission for conservation, 33 tiny Southern Darwin’s frogs ( Rhinoderma darwinii) were born ...
Southern Darwin's frog tadpoles grow up inside the vocal sacs of their fathers and are 'born' through their mouths as froglets. The brooding dads made an incredible 7,000-mile journey by boat ...