See also stories tagged with Frog

Search results for Frog

Plants & Animals Feb 9, 2024

Harry Potter and the Disenchanted Wildlife: How light and sound shows can harm nocturnal animals

Light and sound shows in parks can enthrall crowds with their color, music and storytelling. Lasting for weeks to months, the shows provide entertainment and can boost local economies. But unless they are well-located, the ...

Condensed Matter Feb 8, 2024

Metamaterial chimera nearly undetectable across visible light, microwave, and infrared spectra

A multi-institutional team of optoelectronic and materials engineers in China has developed a type of metamaterial that is nearly invisible across visible light, microwave and infrared spectra. In their paper, published in ...

Paleontology & Fossils Feb 7, 2024

Fossilized frog with belly full of eggs unearthed in China is oldest of its kind

An international team of Earth scientists, evolutionary biologists and paleontologists has unearthed an ancient frog with a belly full of eggs, the oldest known find of its kind. In their paper published in Proceedings of ...

Plants & Animals Feb 6, 2024

FrogID has just logged its one millionth frog

The world's largest frog project has thrived because of citizen scientists using the FrogID app, the brainchild of a UNSW biologist.

Plants & Animals Feb 6, 2024

New research shows how bats 'leapfrog' their way home at night

A silent ballet takes place above our heads at night as Britain's bat populations leave their roosts to forage for food. Although their initial movement away from roosts is fairly well understood, until recently little was ...

Plants & Animals Feb 6, 2024

'Time to eat': Videos show that toe-tapping by frogs may be a strategy to draw out prey

It is well known that some species of frogs tap their posterior toes as they are seeking prey; this can be seen in many videos posted online. However, only a few studies to date have looked at the tapping habit itself, and ...

Plants & Animals Feb 3, 2024

Training an animal? An ethicist explains how and why your dog, but not your frog, can be punished

People talk to their pets every day: offering praise when they're good, reassurance when they're confused and affection when they're cuddling. We also speak to animals when they misbehave. "Why did you do that?" someone might ...

Ecology Jan 30, 2024

130 poisonous frogs seized at Bogota airport

Authorities in Colombia seized 130 poisonous frogs being trafficked through the Bogota airport on Monday and arrested the Brazilian woman carrying them.

Plants & Animals Jan 11, 2024

Gland-like tissue in saber-toothed frog lower jaw may be used for communication

A team of zoologists from the Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science's Museum für Naturkunde, the University of Würzburg, both in Germany and ONG EnviSud Guinée, in Guinea, has found evidence that the ...

Plants & Animals Jan 5, 2024

Invasive, carnivorous frogs are now breeding in Georgia, biologists say

An invasive species of carnivorous tree frogs that feed on native wildlife are now breeding in Georgia, a sign that the amphibians have gained a stronger foothold in the state, biologists say.

page 6 from 40