8 fascinating things you probably didn't know about the rat snakeDiscover the surprising intelligence and ecological importance of rat snakes, America's original pest control. These non-venomous constrict...
13 May, 2026, 01.38 PM IST
Found a snake skin near your home? Here’s the calmest and most accurate explanationFinding a snake's shed skin in your garden is a common occurrence. Experts explain this is a natural process as snakes grow. The shed skin ...
11 May, 2026, 06.01 PM IST
Why Frogs Suddenly Show Up After Rain and Where They Come FromFrogs emerge after rain due to a mix of factors. Temperature plays a key role in their activity. Rainfall supports breeding conditions and ...
05 May, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
What is the Frog Toxin allegedly used to assassinate Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny? What to know about EpibatidineEpibatidine, first identified in the 1990s from a frog species native to Ecuador, is not typically linked to intentional poisoning. Researc...
15 Feb, 2026, 07.23 PM IST
Leonardo DiCaprio now has a frog species named after him. Here’s whyScientists in Ecuador have named a newly discovered frog species, Phyllonastes dicaprioi, after Hollywood actor and environmental activist ...
16 Feb, 2025, 11.17 PM IST
New frog species found in Meghalaya caveThe team named the new species as Amolops siju after the cave from where this discovery was made and the description of the new species was...
11 Apr, 2023, 11.47 AM IST
- Newly discovered frog species named after renowned plant geneticist02 Aug, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
'Clockwork Orange' frog species named after Stanley KubrickThe newly discovered frog species with orange blotches on its limbs has been named after American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's crime film 'A...
17 Jan, 2018, 03.52 PM IST
New species of 'see-through' frog discovered28 May, 2017, 06.49 PM IST
Indian scientists discover four new species of smallest known frogs from the Western GhatsUnlike other frogs in the genus that are predominantly stream dwelling, the new miniature frogs were found under damp forest leaf litter or...
22 Feb, 2017, 01.13 AM IST
Tiny frog species discovered in Manipal and Mangaluru12 Mar, 2016, 06.29 PM IST
- This frog species lived under the wrong name for nearly 200 years
Nearly 200-years-ago, Paris-based naturalist Tschudi described a new species of frog from the Malabar region in India that secreted foul-sm...
07 Oct, 2015, 02.59 AM IST
New frog species discovered in GoaA group of city scientists has discovered a new leaping frog species on the edge of the Netravali wildlife sanctuary in Goa.
12 Aug, 2015, 06.42 AM IST
New frog species shatter gender stereotypesMale parenting may be recent in humankind.But male members taking care of their brood is not new to the animal kingdom.
19 May, 2014, 03.09 AM IST
- Amphibians in troubled waters on home turf
India has the sixth largest number of endemic species of amphibians that are under threat.
18 Aug, 2013, 06.28 AM IST
- New frog species discovered in New York city
A new species of frog has been discovered in the bustling city of New York amid the skyscrapers and subways, which scientists say is "nothi...
18 Mar, 2012, 08.14 PM IST
- New frog species found in Western Ghats
A new species of frog has been found near Anaimudi, the highest peak in south India, in Western Ghats. Named Raorchestes, the species is mo...
06 May, 2010, 04.10 AM IST