Red-eyed tree frogs are famous for their bright colors, but their real power is camouflage and deception. In rainforests filled with predators, these frogs use body position, color patterns, and ...

Discover the red-eyed tree frog's unique nictitating membrane and its role in survival for this Central America native. The red-eyed tree frog, as its name implies, has some pretty striking orbs. But ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) shows that red-eyed treefrog embryos hatch early when exposed to high ammonia levels — an environmental cue that it’s too hot and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frogs have long held a bad rap (at least among some people) for being slimy, even scary, critters, but that's not very fair to ...

Far from being an obstacle to the theory of natural selection, the evolution of the complex eye is one of its most splendid ...

Hop through these images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Photographs selected by Allison Scates Text by Tracy Scott Forson There’s a good chance that ...