In the humid, rain-drenched corridors of the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka, a familiar “tock” sound led to an extraordinary scientific discovery. A collaborative team of researchers and frontline ...
This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Jeff DelViscio. Today: part two of our three-part sound escape series to the Amazon rain forest. In this episode, we’re going into the dark. Make ...
NEW DELHI -- Years of combing tropical mountain forests, shining flashlights under rocks and listening for croaks in the night have paid off for a team of Indian scientists which has discovered 12 new ...
On December 2, 2025, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, @crisojeeda shared a video capturing an unexpected encounter with a small frog. In the video, the author spots a frog on the ground at night, producing ...
April showers bring May flowers. April showers also make frogs explode into a chorus after spring rain. These frogs are not simply croaking for communication. The loudest frogs are signaling that ...
Hiking through the dense rainforest of Madagascar, scientists heard a series of “otherworldly” sounds. The “somewhat bizarre” calls came from several “cute” creatures living near streams. They turned ...
New species of tiny frogs that can fit comfortably on a coin have been discovered in India. Seven new species of frog – some of the smallest in the world – were found after five years of searching in ...
The 12 new species include the meowing night frog, whose croak sounds more like a cat's call, the jog night frog, unique in that both the males and females watch over the eggs, and the Wayanad night ...