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 ...

In the dense greenery of the Atlantic Forest along Brazil’s east coast, scientists have discovered a new species of tiny frog, just a little bigger than a thumbnail. The new species, Brachycephalus ...

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 ...

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 look exactly like what their name suggests. Less than half an inch-long, these tiny, orange frogs hop around the sweltering forests along Brazil’s Atlantic coast. But how many species ...

In the mountains of southern Brazil, researchers just announced a new species of pumpkin toadlet, a frog smaller than a Tic Tac. It glows like a traffic cone, lives in leaf litter, and somehow managed ...

The post How a Neon-Orange Frog Stayed Hidden from Science So Long appeared first on A-Z Animals. Imagine a bright orange frog so small it can sit on your fingernail — and yet so elusive that it ...

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and Brazil has found evidence that pumpkin toadlets (Brachycephalus) have poor jumping skills because their inner ear canals are ...

Pumpkin toadlets, found on the leaf litter of Brazil's Atlantic forest, are among the smallest frogs in the world. An international team from Brazil, Denmark and the United Kingdom, has discovered ...