In eastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest, poisonous "pumpkin toadlets" use their vivid colors to warn off predators. But these tiny frogs also broadcast a secret visual signal: They glow bright blue under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pumpkin Toadlets are among some of the world’s smallest frog species (Ivan Nunes) It’s poisonous, it glows green under ultraviolet ...

Scientists found two orange animals mating in a forest of Rio de Janeiro and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative area of Brazil. Photo from PROJETO CAFÉ GATO-MOURISCO ...

Pumpkin toadlets are very bad at jumping, often losing balance mid-air and crash landing awkwardly. Researchers have determined that this is due to the size of their inner ear canals, the area of the ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Being small has its advantages - and some limitations. One organism that intimately knows the pros and cons of being mini is the pumpkin toadlet. As an adult, the animal reaches merely the size of a ...

The leap of a frog is a quintessential evolutionary feat. The critter’s girthy gams thrust from behind to springboard the body up and out; a pair of acrobatic arms stretch forward to seamlessly break ...

HOPPIN' FROG: You can smell the pumpkin even before your lip hits the glass of Hoppin' Frog. It has a Grand Marnierlike hue to it, and its spice amalgamation is strong. It's a sipper, and a good one.

Being small has its advantages ... and some limitations. One organism that intimately knows the pros and cons of being mini is the pumpkin toadlet. As an adult, the animal reaches merely the size of ...