Dodging fire-ants, snakes and millions of nighttime creepy-crawlies, a group of trekkers advances through the humid Bornean ...

A surprising splash of life startled a team of trekkers navigating the alpine heights of Mount Kilimanjaro. At an elevation ...

Several views of a Guibemantis sioka frog found at Ranomafana National Park. Photo from Carl R. Hutter Guibemantis sioka frogs are “rare and secretive” tree-dwellers, the study said.

In Madagascar’s Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, a new species of frog was discovered. Getty Images/iStockphoto Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, in northwestern Madagascar, is filled with ...

The yellow-spotted tree frog is pale green with bronze patches that highlight dark spots. It has entirely webbed toes and is set apart from other frogs by the cream markings on its thighs. It’s ...

Researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs in Madagascar’s rainforests that produce unique, high-pitched whistling calls reminiscent of sounds from Star Trek. They’ve named these ...

Newly discovered Boophis genus tree frogs in Madagascar were named for evoking sounds like that of “Star Trek.” M. Vences, CC BY-SA 4.0 “That’s why we named the frogs after Kirk, Picard ...

The first new species was named Boophis archeri, or Archer’s tree frog, the study said. A photo shows the brown speckled coloring of this nocturnal frog. A Boophis picardi, or Picard’s tree frog.

Despite their relatively similar appearances, the tree frogs consistently differed genetically and acoustically. Researchers soon realized they’d discovered seven new species of tree frog.