Science taught me something today. Tree frogs might be the best athletes on the planet, pound for pound. Look. I know that sounds stupid. They can't windmill a basketball at 40 years old like LeBron ...

These tiny frogs have an enormous voice for their size, and the recent warm evenings have been filled with their lovely chorus.

After having so much fun in last week’s column writing about robins, I thought, let’s explore tree frogs. Turns out there are a lot of interesting facts about these amphibians. This time of year, as ...

A curious aspect of tree frogs is that they often lay their eggs on the ground where the risk of predation by natural enemies is greater than in the trees where they live. A research team suggested ...

A frog is an amphibian. It lays eggs in water where they hatch into tadpoles that live in water until they metamorphose into adult frogs. Tree frogs have developed disks or suction pads on the toes of ...

As frogs around the world continue to disappear—many killed by a rapidly spreading disease called chytridiomycosis, which attacks the skin cells of amphibians—one critically endangered species has ...

Most male frogs want their mating call to stand out from the crowd, and they do that by calling when nobody else is. This makes sure that the females hear them loud and clear, and know where they are.

Jaques, Nanners and Tubby are all amphibians known as Dumpy tree frogs or White's tree frogs Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...