The new species has been named Ranitomeya hwata and belongs to the so-called Vanzolinii group of brightly colored tree frogs, ...
The brightly colored species had been misidentified in museum records and field observations since 1988, according to a study.
Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...
In the forests of western Brazil, along the banks of a Juruá River tributary, researchers came upon more than a dozen tiny creatures, smaller than a nickel, flaunting bright colors that warned: “stay ...