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a frog with big eyes on a leaf
Wildlife

Treefrog ‘fingerprints’ are on their eyeballs

By Laura Baisas

a bullfrog peering out of a pond
Wildlife

Bullfrogs have a brain superpower

By Margherita Bassi

To test how skin-associated bacterial communities can protect tropical frog species against disease, the research team conducted a lab experiment in Brazil focusing on two frog species: ‘Ischnocnema henselii’ (left) and ‘Haddadus binotatus’ (right).
Endangered Species

Frogs wear bacterial suits of armor to fight off deadly fungus

By Laura Baisas

a frog sits in a lake. it has a brown body with black spots
Endangered Species

Over 10,000 endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs are taking California by storm

By Margherita Bassi

two frogs mating on a tree branch
Wildlife

‘Less desirable’ males confuse female treefrogs looking for a mate

By Laura Baisas

Panamanian golden frog on leaves in forest
Endangered Species

Panama’s golden frogs beat extinction

By Andrew Paul

a small orange frog sits on a pencil tip for scale
Wildlife

Teeny tiny orange toadlet found in Brazil

By Laura Baisas

Frog eating hornet in cage
Insects

Pond frogs devour murder hornets, stinger and all

By Andrew Paul

Close up of tree toad
Endangered Species

These toads don’t start as tadpoles

By Andrew Paul

Clay sculpture of two frogs from Caral civilization
Archaeology

An ancient frog statue’s secret message

By Andrew Paul

a small frog on a road, with a person's bright sneakers in the background
Land

Wildlife underpass reduces squished amphibians by 80%

By Laura Baisas

a large American bullfrog in water with vegetation
Land

This invasive frog can fit baby turtles inside its mouth

By Margherita Bassi

a split image of two newly discovered poison dart frogs. the one on the left has yellow legs with brown spots and green-ish stripes. the frog on the right has a brown body with light blue stripes
Wildlife

It’s raining tiny toxic frogs

By Lauren Leffer

a tiny green frog looking up from water
Endangered Species

Frogs rescued from a deadly fungus welcome 33 froglets

By Laura Baisas

a tadpole swimming
Wildlife

A rock in Argentina turns out to be the oldest tadpole fossil ever found

By Laura Baisas

a small frog with light green coloring and dark spots sits on a green leaf
Land

Seven new frog species named for their ‘Star Trek’-esque calls

By Laura Baisas

Legend of the linguistic experiment by Psamtik I.
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The ‘forbidden experiment’ is an infamously evil chapter in scientific history

By Popular Science Team

Green and gold bell frogs in artificial hotspot shelter.
Wildlife

Frog saunas could help the amphibians cope with a deadly fungus

By Lauren Leffer

‘Lungless’ frog species actually had little lungs all along
Animals

‘Lungless’ frog species actually had little lungs all along

By Harriet Weber