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 ...

Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham.View full profile Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. Do you like frogs? Good news: Five ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a frog becomes intelligent enough, it learns to play the banjo and host a variety show called The Muppets. Unfortunately, ...

How do frogs protect themselves from predators? Some species rely on cognitive predator evasion, using their large brains and strong hind legs. For species exposed to high predation pressure, however, ...

The winners of this year's joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition have been revealed, with submissions from ecologists, zoologists, and palaeontologists across the world ...

Researchers found juvenile Wallace's flying frogs likely camouflage as droppings - Copyright JIJI Press/AFP STR Researchers found juvenile Wallace's flying frogs ...

Bigger brains can be an advantage for prey animals, as it can help them outsmart their predators. But big brains may be too costly to maintain when predation risk is high, forcing animals to use other ...

Some ocean animals have a clever form of camouflage—they’re transparent. But being see-through is far less common on land. “And there’s a few reasons why that may be.” Jim Barnett is a postdoctoral ...

Large brains and flight vs. small brains and camouflage The team studied the evolution of anti-predator adaptation in over 100 species of frogs. Their findings indicate that frogs with few predators ...

Throughout evolution, prey animals have adopted a range of strategies to evade their predators. But these oftentimes elaborate strategies come at a cost. For example, looking out for and fleeing from ...