Someone in northwestern Australia heard a “laughing” sound coming from the backyard. They recorded the sound and submitted it to a citizen science database. Scientists listened to this laugh-like ...

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America. Newly discovered evidence of Australia's earliest species ...

In a small patch of rainforest in northern Australia, a “bright”-eyed creature perched on a bush and called out. Its “whirring” sounds were meant to attract potential mates — but hooked nearby ...

Spotted tree frogs are critically endangered in New South Wales. Jason Edwards via Getty Images Officials have released eighty critically endangered spotted tree frogs into Kosciuszko National Park in ...

Laura Brannelly receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Alex Wendt receives funding from the Ecological Society of Australia Danielle Wallace receives funding from the Ecological ...

Newly discovered evidence of Australia’s earliest species of tree frog challenges what we know about when Australian and South American frogs parted ways on the evolutionary tree. Previously, ...

Scientists found “bright”-eyed creatures with a “whirring” call in a rainforest and discovered a new species, a study said. Google Street View May 2010 ...