In our last article ("Gardening Undercover," March 13), we suggested ways to protect your vegetable garden from slugs, snails ...

Now, species like the wood frogs, spring peepers, and grey tree frogs can thrive rather than survive, he said. Their mating calls now fill the airwaves day and night, the local officials said.

Seven New Frog Species Discovered in Madagascar: Sounds Like Something from Star Trek Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs that make otherworldly calls in ...

But frogs may yet hold clues to killing pain. At least one frog does deploy an opioid: the waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii), whose skin is laced with the peptide dermorphin. Although the ...

Known scientifically as Pseudacris crucifer, the spring peeper’s Latin name comes from the cross-like “X” pattern on its back ...

But the South American monkey frog and some other tree frogs can endure sunlight and dry air for long periods. They secrete a waxy substance from specialized skin glands and use their legs to ...