‘It was time to start living again’: Michigan grandmother, 103, gets green frog tattooed on her arm to celebrate release from coronavirus lockdown in a nursing home Dorothy Pollack, from Michigan, was confined to a nursing home for months She said ‘After being in covid-19 prison, I thought it was time to start living again’ … Read more
Oi! Hop it! Fearless frog stares down a tiger after it took a nap in the amphibian’s water hole Aditya Singh, 54, photographed the unlikely encounter in Ranthambhore National Park in Rajasthan, India The Bengal tiger, who remained unfazed, had been cooling off in the water under the 104F (40C) heat It was then joined … Read more
Scientists are joining forces to save Lake Titicaca’s endangered and unfortunately-named ‘scrotum frog’ from extinction. The frog, Telmatobius culeus, which is unmistakable with its shaggy folds of skin, lives in Lake Titicaca, which sits on the border between Peru and Bolivia. It’s listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, due to over-harvesting … Read more
A carnivorous species of tree frog scientists describe as an ‘indiscriminate eating machine’ is wreaking havoc across more than 1,200 miles of Western Australia The spotted-thighed frog is spreading across Western Australia at a rapid pace Scientists worry the frog’s voracious eating habits will disrupt the ecosystem Researchers analyzed the stomach content of 76 frogs … Read more
A frog no bigger than a 5p coin has been discovered in Madagascar – and already classed as critically endangered by conservationists. The new species of stump-toed frog, named Stumpffia troschaueri, is brown in colour with black spots on its side, in an apparent attempt to camouflage itself among the leaves around it. Four specimens were … Read more
Researchers in Antarctica discover the remains of a 40 million year old frog, suggesting the continent once had a much warmer climate and supported a diverse array of wildlife Scientists in Antarctica found bone fragments of a 40 million-year-old frog They believe the remains are from a helmeted frog, a species that’s still alive today … Read more