Nature & Wildlife Pictures & Videos
Since yesterday we posted the world’s largest insect here is the other side of the spectrum with the smallest frog on the planet (so far). Field work by researcher Fred Kraus from Bishop Museum, Honolulu has found the world’s smallest frogs in southeastern New Guinea. This also makes them the world’s smallest tetrapods (non-fish vertebrates). [...]
Half bat, half frog!? Sadly no, the new species was discovered in 2008. Scientists named it the vampire frog because of the “fangs” that can be seen on the tadpoles of the species. Tadpoles normally have mouthparts similar to a beak. Instead, vampire tree frog tadpoles have a pair of hard black hooks sticking out [...]
