Playing dead isn't the ultimate ghosting technique. Frogs use "tonic immobility" as a strategy to stay alive during mating ...

Northeast India is home to some of the world's most unique and rare species because it has so many different kinds of plants ...

Discovered in the forests of Brazil, Brachycephalus lulai – a new species of pumpkin toadlet frog – is named after the ...

In the misty cloud forests of southern Brazil, researchers have made an exciting discovery: a new species of tiny frog, named Brachycephalus lulai.

Now scientists have formally described it as a new species: Brachycephalus lulai, a pumpkin toadlet found only in a small stretch of cloud forest in the Serra do Quiriri, in Santa Catarina. The ...

Meet a katydid that sounds like a bird and is as big as one too! It's even able to modulate its call to avoid attracting bats ...

Scientists have found a new orange toad species in Brazil that is so small it fits on the tip of a pencil, highlighting the need for more conservation efforts in the country’s mountainous forest areas ...

I thought readers might like to see this little fellow (or girl) we found in our garden under a bird feeder. He became still ...

Despite the vast numbers of animal species already identified, the natural world is still capable of springing a few surprises. Deep in the cloud forests of the Serra do Quiriri mountain range in the ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.

Sometimes I forget that what I see feels obvious only because I have seen it for so long. Blue looks blue, a wall looks still, and light ...