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All about Wallace's flying frogs whose babies look like poop as a nature's smart trick

Nature loves a good disguise, and one type of baby frog has nailed one of the grossest forms- looking like poop! That might sound like an AI-generated inspiration, but nature is way ahead! These ...
Scientific American magazine

This Flying Frog Spends Its Youth Masquerading as Poop

Wallace’s flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus)—a Kermit-green amphibian that would fit in the palm of your hand—spreads its webbed toes to glide gracefully through tropical forest canopies in ...
Phys.org

Young frogs may camouflage selves as animal poo: study

The young offspring of a frog native to Southeast Asia display an "unusual color pattern", probably to camouflage themselves "as animal droppings" to escape predators, according to a study. A team of ...
Miami Herald

‘Flying’ creature with ‘disk’ toes found hiding in bamboo in Tibet. It’s a new species

The new species was discovered in a “biodiversity hotspot” south of the Himalayas, reserachers said. Photo from Weng, Liu, Li, Yu, Huang (2025) In southeastern Tibet’s humid marshlands, a “flying” ...
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Flying frogs: Watch how China's tree frogs stick perfect mid-air landings

In the forests of China and Southeast Asia, Chinese flying tree frogs, a type of tree frog called Polypedates dennysi, jump from branch to branch. They can glide a bit, but landing safely is very ...