Why it's awesome: Move over grumpy cat — say hello to the grumpy frog. In addition to being a famous meme, black rain frogs have plenty of unusual traits that make them fascinating critters. For ...

In September 2018, three scientists — Nick Evans, Dylan Leonard, and Cormac Price — set out to explore the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands of Boston, South Africa. Although they went looking for the elusive ...

Butts are everywhere, but there’s something about animal behinds that drive people nuts. Be it their odd, anachronistic look or just a human tendency to anthropomorphize any creature, animals often ...

For researchers and environmentalists, knowing how frogs and other amphibians move through their environment is an important part of the ability to appropriately target conservation efforts. Movement ...

The new species is described as having a flat face, downturned mouth, and round body, according to a study. Screen grab of photo shared on Facebook by Nick Evans. As an electrical storm hit a small ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A yellow-green frog with eye-catching stripes that was discovered recently in Ecuador's cloud ...

Scientists found a color-changing creature calling from the edge of a forest in French Guiana and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Elodie Courtois via Mônico, Courtois, Koch, Blanc, ...

You know the feeling. It’s getting close to bedtime, you get sleepy, and you start yawning automatically. You may even find yourself yawning in the middle of the day in a mid-day lull. These yawns ...

A fingernail-size frog that can morph its skin texture from spiny to smooth in just minutes is the first shape-shifting amphibian ever found, according to a new report. The tiny "mutable rain frog" ...