Discover how the dyeing poison frog uses vibrant patterns for both warning and camouflage in research highlighting distance-dependent coloration. It's not hard to imagine how these little frogs become ...

Around 5.1 million years ago, fascinating and now extinct animals like sabre-toothed cats, wolverines and short-necked giraffe roamed the west coast of South Africa. The fossils of these species came ...

A team of researchers has discovered new insights into the evolution of color patterns in frogs and toads -- collectively known as anurans. Animal color patterns can help them camouflage with their ...

Natural selection has played a role in the development of the many skins patterns of the tiny Ranitomeya imitator poison dart frog. Natural selection has played a role in the development of the many ...

Above, the real deal; below, the clay models used to test predators' reactions to local and foreign frog markings. Sometimes, you have to make a thousand frogs from modelling clay to make your point.

Following an examination of iris patterns in 960 frog species across 47 families, K S Seshadri, S Gangothri, and Maria Thaker noted that, surprisingly, irises were not correlated with where a frog ...

Thalassa Matthews receives funding from The National Research Foundation and the Centre of Excellence for Palaeontology. Around 5.1 million years ago, fascinating and now extinct animals like ...