In eastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest, poisonous "pumpkin toadlets" use their vivid colors to warn off predators. But these tiny frogs also broadcast a secret visual signal: They glow bright blue under ...

Scientists at Chester Zoo have developed a method of tagging one of the world's smallest and most endangered amphibians - the golden mantella frog. The researchers are injecting frogs at the zoo with ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A frog eats a lightning bug… then what? Well, according to this video shared by viewer Teresa Hand, the frog glows. Check it out! You can see the frog’s quick move to eat a nearby ...

A glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest frog on Earth are among the most bizarre newly discovered species of 2012, chosen by scientists. Also slithering into ...

Could fluorescence matter to a frog? Carlos Taboada wondered. They don’t have bedroom black lights, but their glow may still be about the night moves. Taboada’s question is new to herpetology. No one ...

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At first glance this tree frog looks pretty ordinary. But dim the light and switch on the UV torch, and this bizarre creature glows bright fluorescent green. The South American polka dot tree frog ...

Meet the newest member of the amphibian family: a deceptively cute, bright-orange toadlet small enough to fit on a fingernail. The new species, Brachycephalus rotenbergae, is distinct from its fellow ...

Scientists in the South American country of Argentina have discovered a Tree Frog that can glow in the dark. It's official name is Hypsiboas punctatus and it's the first frog ever discovered that can ...