🐭🎡 For years, scientists thought captive #mice ran on wheels because they were bored. But when researchers put wheels in the wild, they found that free-roaming mice, #rats, and even #frogs lined up for a turn, just for fun.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/wild-mice-hamster-wheel-study-play/

#science #biology #animals #nature #wildlife #research #evolution #ecology

🐭🎡 For years, scientists thought captive #mice ran on wheels because they were bored. But when researchers put wheels in the wild, they found that free-roaming mice, #rats, and even #frogs lined up for a turn, just for fun.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/wild-mice-hamster-wheel-study-play/

#science #biology #animals #nature #wildlife #research #evolution #ecology

#News: Rare Galaxy #Frogs disappear due to reckless behaviour by photographers! 🧐🐸 Their home in Western Ghats #India is being destroyed for #palmoil. Now human vanity is killing off irreplaceable species. 🌴☠️🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/17/galaxy-frogs-disappear-photographers-habitat-kerala?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

#News: Rare Galaxy #Frogs disappear due to reckless behaviour by photographers! 🧐🐸 Their home in Western Ghats #India is being destroyed for #palmoil. Now human vanity is killing off irreplaceable species. 🌴☠️🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/17/galaxy-frogs-disappear-photographers-habitat-kerala?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Before modern refrigeration, rural communities in Russia and Finland used an unusual technique to keep milk from spoiling: they dropped live brown frogs (Rana temporaria) into their milk containers.

Scientists later discovered that the skin of these frogs secretes antimicrobial peptides-natural antibiotics-that kill bacteria and slow spoilage, helping the milk stay safe to drink for longer.
@Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #frogs

Before modern refrigeration, rural communities in Russia and Finland used an unusual technique to keep milk from spoiling: they dropped live brown frogs (Rana temporaria) into their milk containers.

Scientists later discovered that the skin of these frogs secretes antimicrobial peptides-natural antibiotics-that kill bacteria and slow spoilage, helping the milk stay safe to drink for longer.
@Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #frogs

#NewSpecies!
New frog from #madagascar just snuck in:

Brachytarsophrys wui

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7191F853-62A6-5190-97FC-CAFDBA47261A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.161437
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #BrachytarsophrysWui

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #toads

#NewSpecies!
New frog from #madagascar just snuck in:

Brachytarsophrys wui

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7191F853-62A6-5190-97FC-CAFDBA47261A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.161437
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #BrachytarsophrysWui

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #toads

#frogs #Frogstodon #Frogsofmastodon Barred Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) photographed by Bernard Dupont. What this adorable monkey frog could be barred from, I can't imagine.

#frogs #Frogstodon #Frogsofmastodon Barred Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) photographed by Bernard Dupont. What this adorable monkey frog could be barred from, I can't imagine.

#Frogs #Frogstodon #FrogsofMastodon Toady Leaf Frog (Callimedusa atelopoides) photographed by iNaturalist user 114519935293153901320

A #NewSpecies of tiny orange #frog discovered in #Brazil's cloud forests https://phys.org/news/2025-12-species-tiny-orange-frog-brazil.html paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0334746

"These tiny #frogs are striking, with a bright orange body and distinctive green and brown freckles. Between 8.9 and 13.4 mm, they are among the smallest four-legged #animals on Earth... Scientists identified this new species of #PumpkinToadlet by its unique advertisement call... It consists of groups of two short bursts of sound."

was nobody going to tell me the indian purple frog existed and looked like a fucking FREAK

#animals #frogs

A #NewSpecies of tiny orange #frog discovered in #Brazil's cloud forests https://phys.org/news/2025-12-species-tiny-orange-frog-brazil.html paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0334746

"These tiny #frogs are striking, with a bright orange body and distinctive green and brown freckles. Between 8.9 and 13.4 mm, they are among the smallest four-legged #animals on Earth... Scientists identified this new species of #PumpkinToadlet by its unique advertisement call... It consists of groups of two short bursts of sound."

was nobody going to tell me the indian purple frog existed and looked like a fucking FREAK

#animals #frogs

Dazzling Harlequin Poisonous #Frogs 🐸💚 of #Colombia 🇨🇴 are sensitive to noise 🎶📢 Their rainbow colours 🌈 make them #rainforest works of art! ✨🎨Critically Endangered by #mining and #palmoil #BoycottGold 🥇🩸⛔️ #BoycottPalmOil 🌴☠️⛔️ @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/20/harlequin-poison-frog-oophaga-histrionica/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Green Within Green by Pratik Pradhan

A Malabar gliding frog rests on a yam-footed plant. Blending into the layered greens around it, the frog becomes part of the habitat, showcasing how these amphibians use colour and form to stay hidden.

Location
Amboli, #India

#photography
#frogs

Dazzling Harlequin Poisonous #Frogs 🐸💚 of #Colombia 🇨🇴 are sensitive to noise 🎶📢 Their rainbow colours 🌈 make them #rainforest works of art! ✨🎨Critically Endangered by #mining and #palmoil #BoycottGold 🥇🩸⛔️ #BoycottPalmOil 🌴☠️⛔️ @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/20/harlequin-poison-frog-oophaga-histrionica/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Often find #frogs in the water reservoir on top of my Greenstalk planter. This one had its own surfboard, Cowabunga dude.

#SilentSunday #photography #Stunday #frog #nature #BackyardWildlife