If you’re as chronically online as most of the IFLScience staff are, chances are you’ve come across the desert rain frog.

The Namaqua Rain Frog (Breviceps namaquensis) is able to puff up its body to intimidate predators, but its call is less intimidating than adorable. In its inflated, agitated state, a passing dog might ...

The desert rain frog faces growing threats from mining and climate change. Could this tiny squeaker become as scarce as ...