What do you think of this frog? Kind of cute, you think? Perfectly harmless, you think? Not at all like the living embodiment of the Saw movies, you think? Well, you’re wrong. The “horror frog” more ...

Bone claws, oxygen-absorbing “hair,” and hands-on frog dads. Meet the hairy frog (or wolverine frog), one of nature’s strangest amphibians.

The frog scream varies between species. Some sound like shrill screeches, others like prolonged squeals or gasps. Unlike their melodic mating calls, screaming is usually jarring, sudden, and ...

When it comes to frog noises, most people’s knowledge basically begins and ends with the word “ribbit.” Should anyone want to change that sad reality, Smithsonian Folkways is here to help. The 75-year ...

That sound is made only by Pacific tree frogs, which live on the West Coast. But thanks to Hollywood, a recording of Pacific tree frogs “ribbiting” has been used in movies for almost a century to ...