AT HOME IN the flooded caves of northern Vietnam and China, the mossy frog (Theloderma corticale) owes its survival to its brilliant camouflage. With warty skin of green, brown, and the occasional red ...

Researchers have discovered two new frog species living in the montane tropical forests of Vietnam. Known as moss frogs, these small amphibians employ camouflage as one way to keep predators at bay, ...

The name comes from the frog’s unique physique, which truly looks exactly like moss. These frogs are very aquatic and arboreal, Edgar said. The sticky pads on their feet act like suction cups, helping ...

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 ...

In a cave in China, a camouflaged creature was found at dusk. Li S, Mu L, Jing J, Liu J, Cheng Y, Wang B (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution When rain falls in southern China, it creates crevices, ...