A rare blue tree frog is drawing loads of spectators to a Virginia park

"Is he a prince in disguise?" Nature enthusiasts are flocking to Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria to catch a glimpse of the ...

Rare blue frog found by 5th grader goes on display in Japan's Sendai

SENDAI -- A rare blue east Japan tree frog found by a fifth-grade boy is on display at Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in this ...
Phys.org

Tree frog tadpoles have a unique way of not contaminating their water supply: Not pooping

The Eiffinger's tree frog (Kurixalus eiffingeri), found on Ishigaki and Iriomote islands in Japan, has a unique biological adaptation: its tadpoles do not defecate during their early developmental ...

Wildlife enthusiasts flock to Virginia park for a glimpse of a rare tree frog

A tree frog is drawing spectators to a Northern Virginia park for its unusual blue coloring.
Forbes

Rare Genetic Mutation Turns Green Frog Blue, Surprising Scientists

An elusive tree frog with a never-before-seen color mutation, was spotted and photographed in a remote part of northwestern Australia Blue mutation magnificent tree frog (Ranoidea splendida). The ...
Science Daily

Why do tree frogs lay their eggs on the ground?

A curious aspect of tree frogs is that they often lay their eggs on the ground where the risk of predation by natural enemies is greater than in the trees where they live. A research team suggested ...
The Conversation

This rare alpine frog is fighting against a lethal fungus – by breeding faster and faster

For a small frog, the alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina) packs a lot of surprises. For one, this tree frog lives in snowy gullies and high mountain crags across the Australian Alps, far from ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Rediscover a Tree Frog Thought to Be Extinct for Over a Century

For almost 150 years, the only known samples Jerdon’s tree frog were two specimens housed in the Natural History Museum in London. British Naturalist Thomas Jerdon collected the pair in 1870 in ...
People

A Deadly Fungus Could Wipe Out Tree Frogs: Here's How to Help

A team of biologists in Honduras are racing to protect these rare amphibians from extinction due to a deadly disease Honduras Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Center from Garrett and Garrett ...
TreeHugger

This Is Why Red-Eyed Tree Frogs Have Red Eyes

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." Red-eyed tree frogs ...
Phys.org

Clown tree frogs—newly discovered and already threatened?

An international team of scientists discovered two new species of clown tree frogs in the Amazon region. Until recently, these colorful amphibians had erroneously been considered part of another ...
Science Daily

Tree frog

Tree frogs are frogs of the family Hylidae. There is large variation within the tree frogs. Many of the arboreal frogs are green in colour, whereas the terrestrial and aquatic species are duller. They ...