The gray tree frog is a small frog native to the eastern U.S. and parts of southeastern Canada. An adult can grow to a length of nearly three inches. This frog has the sense to climb high into trees ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the Cretaceous forests of ancient Madagascar, one frog ...

Crawfish frogs (Lithobates areolatus) were once common throughout the central and southern United States, but are now in decline in some of their range. The reasons aren’t completely known, but some ...

A new study reports that city frogs sing more complex and attractive songs than their country cousins. Urban frogs can get away with producing more conspicuous mating calls, which are preferred by ...

Animals protect themselves from being eaten by other animals in countless ways. Some are commonplace. Others are unconventional. Camouflage and running are well-known defenses. Not being seen by a ...

A fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus, approaches a Fitzinger's robber frog, Craugastor fitzingeri, in Panama. This species of bat eavesdrops on the mating calls that male frogs produce to attract ...