Often starting life as a tadpole eating algae, before morphing into a carnivorous adult, frogs carry energy from aquatic ecosystems onto land — where it can be transferred throughout the food web.
A deadly fungal disease has wiped out dozens of frog species worldwide. But new research on disease-resistant frogs in Yosemite National Park could help bring other species back from the brink.
Cricket frogs are one of the smallest frogs in North America, easily sitting on the thumb of an average adult's hand. To observe the cricket frog in motion, team members used high-speed videography.