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One of the small handful of flying frogs in the world, the harlequin tree frog is not the kind of creature you’d easily miss. WITH A REDDISH-brown body, bright yellow flanks, and extensive webbing on ...
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A team of researchers from the Center for Biosystematics and Evolution Research at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has identified a new species of tree frog from ...
the southern bell frog and the brown tree frog. We used to collect their tadpoles, grew them in ponds to froglets (with tails) and adult frogs. The buggers sometimes kept us awake for many nights ...
The western toad is now considered to be “Threatened”, while the northern leopard frog is listed as “Endangered.” Through these changing labels, government officials have acknowledged the ...
Green tree frogs are some of the most commonly seen tree frogs in the world. Two primary species share the specific name “green tree frog”: the American species and the Australian species. Australian ...
Credit: Samantha Yabsley Litoria tylerantiqua, a 55-million-year-old fossil, is Australia’s oldest known tree frog. It shifts the timeline for frog evolution and underscores the resilience of frogs ...
For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study ...
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has reported the discovery of a new species of tree frog endemic to Sulawesi and belonging to the Rhacophorus genus. The species ...
which included gray tree frogs. Photo Credit: Reddit The local went on to write, "It's horrifying to know that they bulldozed the area in the late fall or winter when these little critters were deep ...
In 1992, Japanese tree frogs aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour demonstrated how amphibian eggs develop in the absence of gravity’s directional cues. Most remarkably, in 2005, the European Space ...
A man wrapped in gauze as part of a costume sits in the back of a taxi on Halloween in New York City. The festive image was previously published in a digital story in October 2014.