Some ocean animals have a clever form of camouflage—they’re transparent. But being see-through is far less common on land. “And there’s a few reasons why that may be.” Jim Barnett is a postdoctoral ...

Camouflage takes many forms in the natural world. Some animals are born with skin or coats that blend in naturally with their environment. Some Old World lizards like the chameleon have an almost ...

We’ve all wished for the ability to disappear at one time or another. But for glass frogs, several species of tree frogs that call the tropical forests of Central and South America home, that dream is ...

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Glass frogs are well known for their see-through skin but, until now, the reason for this curious feature has received no experimental attention. A team of scientists from the University of Bristol, ...

A new species of frog discovered in Costa Rica has such translucent skin on its underside that it's possible to see its internal organs. The species, named Hyalinobatrachium dianae, is a type of glass ...

A global wildlife summit in Panama will decide whether to take measures to protect the translucent glass frog and 12 types of freshwater turtles in its final week, which kicked off Monday.

Researchers in Bolivia were ecstatic when they stumbled upon a rare type of frog last seen nearly two decades ago. Earlier this month, scientists went to the Carrasco National Park in order to rescue ...

(WTNH/WPRI) — A newly discovered frog has gone viral, not only because it looks like Kermit, but also because you can see its organs through its translucent skin. According to the Costa Rican ...

As a kid, did you ever imagine that your favorite fictional characters were real? I'd believed in the Harry Potter characters for so long that it was straight-up amazing to see Harry Potter characters ...