Pumpkin toadlets — miniature frogs native to Brazil — are woefully clumsy jumpers, unable to control their landings. New research suggests that this coordination deficit is rooted in the tiny inner ...

In eastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest, poisonous "pumpkin toadlets" use their vivid colors to warn off predators. But these tiny frogs also broadcast a secret visual signal: They glow bright blue under ...

Scientists found two orange animals mating in a forest of Rio de Janeiro and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative area of Brazil. Photo from PROJETO CAFÉ GATO-MOURISCO ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Being small has its advantages - and some limitations. One organism that intimately knows the pros and cons of being mini is the pumpkin toadlet. As an adult, the animal reaches merely the size of a ...

In the bid to find a mate on the busy forest floor, it pays to be able to shout louder than the rest. But there is one type of amphibian, the adorably-named pumpkin toadlet, that whispers rather than ...

HOPPIN' FROG: You can smell the pumpkin even before your lip hits the glass of Hoppin' Frog. It has a Grand Marnierlike hue to it, and its spice amalgamation is strong. It's a sipper, and a good one.

Pumpkin toadlets are poisonous frogs with brilliant orange skin that are small enough to fit on a thumbnail – and researchers have uncovered a new species of these vibrant amphibians. Ivan Nunes at ...

Being small has its advantages ... and some limitations. One organism that intimately knows the pros and cons of being mini is the pumpkin toadlet. As an adult, the animal reaches merely the size of ...

In a forest of southern Brazil, a pair of “pumpkin”-colored creatures hid in the leaves, locked in a mating embrace. But the moment wouldn’t last. Visiting scientists exposed the wart-covered animals ...