I’ve shared news of several species of extremely tiny frogs and toads, commonly known as flea-toads or toadlets (read more here and here). These tiny amphibians are remarkable because they are much ...

A team of herpetologists at the Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz just reported that a tiny frog found only in a hilltop forest in southern Bahia, Brazil, may be the smallest vertebrate in the world ...

Brachycephalus dacnis is the seventh species of flea toad identified and is larger only than an individual of a closely related species found in southern Bahia state, Brazil. The study published was ...

Just seven millimeters long, flea toads are among the smallest vertebrates on Earth. Despite their diminutive size, their organs and functions hardly differ from animals a thousand times larger. While ...

Nature has managed to miniaturize the exact same vital organs and cram them into a less than one-centimeter-long frog. By Andrew Paul Published Sep 9, 2024 3:21 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

In a small region of the mountainous forests in Brazil, the peaks meet the clouds and humidity fills the air. As the leaves fall, they make thick layers of soft material on the forest floor. It’s the ...