The starry dwarf frog is an expert hider. Plunging into leaf litter at the slightest disturbance, it has successfully evaded attention for millions of years -- until now. The thumbnail-sized species, ...

A tiny new frog species discovered in tropical forests of southwest India has been one of a kind for millions of years. Palaniswamy Vijayakumar and his colleagues first spotted the new species one ...

Yes, you read the title correctly — I grew up with an African dwarf frog as a pet. Not a dog, cat, hamster or bunny … but a small, 3-inch-long, brownish-green aquatic African dwarf frog. It was winter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frogs have long held a bad rap (at least among some people) for being slimy, even scary, critters, but that's not very fair to ...

Astrobatrachus kurichiyana, also known as the "starry dwarf frog," has only been found on a single hill range in India's Western Ghats. Seenapuram Palaniswamy Vijayakumar In 2010, a group of ...

Scientists found a wrinkly animal near mountain streams of Arunachal Pradesh and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Boruah, Narayanan, Gerard, Das and Deepak (2023) Shrouded in ...

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When it comes to beginner-friendly pets, it doesn’t get much easier than caring for and feeding an African dwarf frog. Though they have a cuddle factor of zero, they’re surprisingly cute little ...