Rainforest Rick: The Marquette professor with a side gig breeding exotic frogs

Inside Rainforest Rick's frog emporium, you'll find transparent amphibians where you can see all their organs. 'Rainforest' Rick Boyd is a frog breeder who does it as a hobby, for business, and to ...
Journalism in the Americas

For Rainforest Amphibians, the Bigger the Toes, the Higher They Go

In rainforests in Gabon, amphibians with larger toes relative to their body length are found higher in the forest canopy. Leptopelis boulengeri, commonly known as the Victoria Forest Tree Frog, is ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Rainforest creature with ‘heart-shaped’ tongue found in Ecuador. It’s a new species

Scientists found a “large”-eyed creature with a “heart-shaped” tongue in a rainforest of Ecuador and discovered a new species. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto As night fell across a rainforest ...
Miami Herald

‘Otherworldly’ sounds in Madagascar rainforest turn out to be 7 new species. Hear them

Hiking through the dense rainforest of Madagascar, scientists heard a series of “otherworldly” sounds. The “somewhat bizarre” calls came from several “cute” creatures living near streams. They turned ...
IFLScience

Tiny Frogs In G-Strings Reveal Insights Into Amphibian Rainforest Navigation

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Seeing Red

While the bright coloration of this red-eyed tree frog doesn’t make the amphibious creature see red, it does provide an eye-catching display for humans who glimpse it in its rainforest habitat. In ...