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.

(Phys.org) —The development of embryos follows different patterns in different species, with specific events taking place at different times in relation to each other. Such differences can provide ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The colorful markings of poison dart frogs vary depending on where the frogs live. Now, a new study using thousands of fake-frog decoys finds that these markings evolved hyper-locally, explaining why ...

Computed tomography scans of a frog skeleton. These fossil frogs are useful to track climatic change. Author supplied Around 5.1 million years ago, fascinating and now extinct animals like ...

A team of researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has discovered new insights into the evolution of color patterns in frogs and toads—collectively known as anurans. Animal color patterns can help them ...