A tree frog: female (larger individual below) laying eggs, which are protected by the 'foam nest' and male (smaller individual above). When it comes to laying eggs, tree frogs have some unusual habits ...

A curious aspect of tree frogs is that they often lay their eggs on the ground where the risk of predation by natural enemies is greater than in the trees where they live. A research team suggested ...

(Boston) When frogs reproduce, like all vertebrates, they either lay their eggs in water or on land – with one exception, according to new research by a team of Boston University scientists who ...

A new study shows how the Rhacophoridae family of Old World tree frogs has come to occupy a wide variety of environments across Asia and Africa, thanks to adaptations in its breeding methods. Frogs ...

Scientists in Brazil found a “secretive” camouflaged animal that lays its eggs in “foam nests” and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Martins, Mônico, Mendonça, Dantas, Souza, Hanken, ...

Glassfrogs may be somewhat see-through, but they have still managed to a hide an important secret—they are dedicated mothers and fathers that invest time in brooding their eggs. Smithsonian scientists ...

In the Bay of Bengal’s Andaman archipelago, a type of amphibians — the Charles Darwin frogs — have developed a unique way of mating and laying eggs upside-down to avoid attacks from aggressive lone ...

In the gardens and parks of Toyota City, Japan, a small creature turned out to be a new species. Getty Images/iStockphoto To many across the islands of Japan, small tree frogs, or amagaeru, are a ...