In the damp, grassy slopes of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, an unassuming amphibian has leapt into the scientific spotlight. Named Breviceps batrachophiliorum – Latin for ‘frog-loving people’ – this ...

A ‘Common Rain Frog’, also known as breviceps adspersus, is going viral on social media- all because of its ‘cuteness’. Take ...

In winter, frogs hunker down to hibernate under leaf litter, half buried in mud ... sang their steady high-pitched song from a shallow rain-fed pond in Middle Island. Wood frogs added their ...

Amphibians are known for their bright colors and their low and bellowing croaks that often announce when it is going to rain ... the amphibian. The leaf litter frog (Haddadus binotatus) that ...

But what about other animals yawning? In the video above, a cute little rain frog looks ready for bed. It yawns big, but it’s not for the same reason as humans yawn. When a frog yawns ...

People were understandably upset when Google revamped its weather app and removed its lovable weather frog. Rain or shine, froggie was always ready to greet visitors looking for the day’s ...

Frog weddings, a centuries-old rain-making ritual of celebrating the union of two frogs ... streak of color on their foreheads and carried in a special basket to a banana-leaf stage. "Villagers sing ...

Photos from JPRP and ZL via Reyes-Puig, Yánez-Muñoz, Libke, Vinueza and Carrión-Olmedo (2024) In the mountains of central Ecuador, a colorful creature sat on a leaf, its “light blue” eyes ...

I’m a PNW native who now lives in Chicago, and I recently had the pleasure of reading Savannah Brown’s obituary of Frog as published on your website ... OMG, I think that there is another bipartisan ...

He said he and two friends pulled over after hearing the calls of rain frogs driven from their burrows by the storm’s heavy rain, according to a May 21 Facebook post. Believing they heard the ...

When the scientists looked at the Mozambique rain frog — a tiny, chubby frog also known to produce a glue — they found its sticky protein was related to that found in tomato frogs. The two ...