KEE” — the sound of a tiny frog known as the coquí — is like a national lullaby. But for one purported tourist, the noise ...

Scientists believe they may know what the world's smallest vertebrate is. A tiny, pea-sized Brazilian frog called Brachycephalus pulex (or, Brazilian flea toad, even though it is a frog ...

So he designed a Speedo-like harness that wraps around their back legs and props a tiny radio tracker on their backsides. The research team dubbed the invention "frog pants" — though Pašukonis ...

may have taken the title of tiniest frog, and also tiniest vertebrate, in the world. When we say teeny tiny, we aren’t messing. B. pulex is smaller than a pea, with males averaging just over 7 ...

The southern corroboree frog is an iconic species in Australia. The tiny frog is known for the striking yellow and black markings that cover its body, which warn predators of its poisonous skin. The ...

While it sounds like a cricket, it’s not an insect: It’s an extremely small frog. The recently discovered animal is one of the smallest known vertebrates on Earth. “We are talking about the ...

Limnonectes phyllofolia is also the smallest known species of fanged frog and is described in a study published December 20 in the journal PLOS ONE. [Related: Female frogs appear to play dead to ...

But when they came across a small roadside pond packed with about 40 tiny frogs, they noticed something odd about one of them. Perched on a twig, the frog had a bizarre growth on its left flank ...

Frogs fighting a deadly fungal infection could get a boost from tiny brick saunas. By spending time in a sun-warmed shelter, green and golden bell frogs infected with chytrid (Batrachochytrium ...

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