At first glance, the picture below seems like it’s of a spider or perhaps a small insect. But if you look closer, it becomes clear that the animal in this picture is not a bug, but rather a tiny frog: ...

As temperatures climb and trees bud with the arrival of spring, a native frog species is awakening after months being frozen and nearly dead. Wood frogs are small, brownish-tan amphibians between 1.5 ...

They're tiny, adorable and endangered: Six new species of miniature frog have been discovered in Mexico by researchers from the University of Cambridge, London's Natural History Museum and the ...

They used to be classified in the same family as what we call tree frogs, like the Grey Treefrog (another great noisy animal) in genus Hyla, but have been recently reclassified to the genus Pseudacris ...

The Desert Rain Frog, Web-footed Rain Frog, or Boulenger's Short-headed Frog (Breviceps macrops) is a species of frog found in Namibia and South Africa.© Lauren Suryanata/Shutterstock.com Screaming or ...

When you get to be a certain age (cough, cough), you start becoming interested in things like gardening and what sort of critters you can attract to your yard by planting bushes and flowers. One ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

Frogs may appear harmless, but many species are highly efficient predators equipped with specialized hunting adaptations. Their elastic tongues can launch in fractions of a second, allowing them to ...

Vijayan's night frog (Nyctibatrachus pulivijayani), a 13.6 mm miniature-sized frog from the Agasthyamala hills in the Western Ghats in India, sits comfortably on a thumbnail. It is one of seven newly ...

Scientists have discovered six new species of frog the size of a thumbnail in the forests of Mexico, with one earning the distinction of Mexico's smallest frog. Scientists have discovered six new ...

World Frog Day 2026 highlights how frogs support ecosystems and why their decline signals environmental problems.