Camouflage takes many forms in the natural world. Some animals are born with skin or coats that blend in naturally with their environment. Some Old World lizards like the chameleon have an almost ...
These tiny Latin American tree dwellers are stellar fathers and masters at camouflage, recent research reveals. The eggs of a female sun glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum) are visible ...
Now you see them, now you don’t. Some frogs found in South and Central America have the rare ability to turn on and off their nearly transparent appearance, researchers report Thursday in the journal ...
If you find an old glass flower frog, should you buy it? Besides the price, turn it over: Does it have little knobs, bars or feet on the bottom? There should be three or five, depending on the frog’s ...
What if you had the power of invisibility, but it only works when you’re asleep? That might be useful for a surreptitious nap in public, but it still probably wouldn’t suit you as well as it does the ...
Calling all Muppets fans: A new species of see-through glass frog found in Costa Rica looks just like Kermit. The lime-green amphibian, which took the Internet by storm this week, has bulging white ...
The glass frog's translucent stomach skin offers a window into its internal organs. New research finds this odd seeming trait may help the frogs evade predators. Jorge GarcÍa / VW Pics / Universal ...
Oviposition site selection is critical for the reproductive success of oviparous organisms. We investigated oviposition site selection in three species of glass frogs—Espadarana prosoblepon, ...