A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) shows that red-eyed treefrog embryos hatch early when exposed to high ammonia levels — an environmental cue that it’s too hot and ...

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 ...

Warkentin, Karen M., Currie, Cameron Robert, and Rehner, Stephen A. 2001. "Egg-Killing Fungus Induces Early Hatching of Red-Eyed Tree Frog Eggs." Ecology, (10) 2860–2869.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coquí frogs, invasive in Florida and Hawaii, face a fungal pathogen that affects more than 500 species of amphibians. Alberto ...

For spotted salamander embryos nearing hatching, they get by with a little help – not from friends, but from animals that are actually their predators. Voracious frog tadpoles chew on the egg masses, ...

Fight or flight. They’re basic animal responses once considered purely instinctual—or perhaps strictly a natural learning process—but they may actually be a combination of the two. According to ...

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 ...

When it comes to laying eggs, tree frogs have some unusual habits. Instead of always laying their eggs on tree branches where they usually live, they often lay their eggs on the ground. But why would ...