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The Andes’ Translucent Glass Frogs Need to Be Seen to Be Saved

By Alex Fox Correspondent Suctioned to a leaf bottom in the rainforests of South and Central America, glass frogs seem to vanish in plain sight—the transparent skin of their undersides erasing the hard edges of their silhouette, making them difficult for birds and other predators to spot. The most transparent of the roughly 160 glass […]

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How Frogs Are Kicking Back Against a Lethal Fungus

An armored mist frog warms itself on a wet rock. Once thought extinct, this species was rediscovered in locales where it has access to the sun’s warmth, which can help frogs fight the often-deadly fungal infections. Conrad Hoskin More than three decades ago, amphibian researchers from around the globe converged on Canterbury, England, for the […]

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Seven new frog species named for their ‘Star Trek’-esque calls

Scientists have discovered seven new species of tree frogs in the lush rainforests of Madagascar. These small amphibians make strange, high-pitched whistling sounds that sound a bit like the sound effects from Star Trek. The new species are named after seven of the sci-fi series’ captains and are described in a study published October 15 […]