As a hapless snake vanished down the throat of a frog, the last thing it saw was likely a camera's flash, as a photographer captured the image of its head peeping from the amphibian's gullet. The ...
The Congolese Giant Toad shares its rainforest habitat with one of the most fearsome snakes in Africa. But mimicry might be the key to its survival, even without the fangs. In a feat of ingenious ...
It's hard to not sympathize with that snake—sliding backwards into the gooey stomach of a carnivorous frog. One perfectly timed photo shows the bizarre natural interaction as a snake is being eaten by ...
An Australian snake employs a special feeding behavior to avoid poisoning by toxic frogs, reports The American Naturalist. University of Sydney scientists Ben Phillips and Richards Shine found that ...
Invasive snakes pose a significant threat to US ecosystems, disrupting wildlife balance and altering food webs. Species like ...
Frogs may flee from a ground predator and move towards an aerial predator, undercutting the flight path. Frogs may flee from a ground predator and move towards an aerial predator, undercutting the ...
Even as little embryos in eggs, red-eyed tree frogs are totally badass. Researchers have discovered that when the embryos are attacked by a hungry predator, they can wiggle their way out of their eggs ...
The secret to the embryos’ quick-escape lies in their hatching glands — special glands, which release an enzyme that dissolves the egg membrane. In many frogs, hatching glands are loosely scattered on ...
Frogs may flee from a ground predator and move towards an aerial predator, undercutting the flight path, according to a study using model predators published April 15, 2015 in the open-access journal ...