There are places where frogs could be — but aren't. And places where frogs could be — and are. Ninety years ago, scientists were debating the question of animal dispersal. How come there are kangaroos ...

The study points to the possibility of iris patterns functioning as signals for social interactions among frogs, like eye colour in birds and fish. Building on the positive correlation between plain ...

Above, the real deal; below, the clay models used to test predators' reactions to local and foreign frog markings. Sometimes, you have to make a thousand frogs from modelling clay to make your point.

A team of researchers has discovered new insights into the evolution of color patterns in frogs and toads -- collectively known as anurans. Animal color patterns can help them camouflage with their ...

The colorful markings of poison dart frogs vary depending on where the frogs live. Now, a new study using thousands of fake-frog decoys finds that these markings evolved hyper-locally, explaining why ...

Frogs’ vertebral stripe evolves hundreds of times, based on their terrestrial habitat Abu Dhabi: A team of researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has discovered new insights into the evolution of ...

There are places where frogs could be — but aren't. And places where frogs could be — and are. Scientists in the 1930s hadn't yet come up with the notion of plate tectonics (that continents break up ...

Ninety years ago, scientists were debating the question of animal dispersal. How come there are kangaroos in Australia, and none in southern Africa --which seems, environmentally, very ...