The glass frog’s unusual adaptation to bolster its camouflage could offer clues for preventing deadly blood clots in people. By Veronique Greenwood At first glance, you might miss the glass frog ...

Part of the frogs’ popularity in the pet trade might be blamed on descriptions that compare them to the beloved green Muppet “Kermit the Frog,” the research said. Glass frogs are nocturnal ...

With great care, Yesenia Lacayo transfers a tiny frog from a leaf, where it was sleeping, to a plastic container with breathing holes, some water, and enough room to jump. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES ...

Glass frogs do not live a life of modesty. With their semitransparent skin—green on the back, clear on the belly—the tree-dwelling, gummy-bear-size amphibians, which are native to the tropics ...

A global wildlife summit in Panama will decide whether to take measures to protect the translucent glass frog and 12 types of freshwater turtles in its final week, which kicked off Monday.

The northern glass frog, which ranges from southern Mexico to Ecuador, even conceals its blood to render its body more translucent, hiding nearly 90 percent of its red blood cells inside its ...

When tiny glass frogs fall asleep, they store almost 90 percent of their red blood cells in their liver, increasing the animals’ transparency (seen in the first clip), which may help hide them ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. – A Minnesota scientist in Costa Rica has discovered a new species of glass frog. Oddly enough, the frog looks very similar to the Muppets character Kermit the Frog. Brian ...

In Ecuador, a glass frog from a new species identified in 2022, Hyalinobatrachium nouns, hangs from the underside of a leaf, seen from below. Jaime Culebras. Suctioned to ...