Frogs in Myanmar are surprisingly dependent upon elephants, or rather, the tracks they leave behind. New research shows that water-filled elephant footprints provide an under-appreciated sanctuary for ...

As a canopy of stars unfurled across the landscape of Namibia, a “golden” creature sat in a shallow pond. The animal’s size and “aggressive” nature made it easy to spot. When scientists found the huge ...

Researchers in Myanmar describe flooded elephant tracks as key breeding grounds and 'stepping stones' connecting populations. Frogs need elephants. That's what a new WCS-led study says that looked at ...

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This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Some of the tiniest creatures in Myanmar ...

As herpetologist Steven Platt trudged through the seasonally flooded Nay Ya Inn wetland in Myanmar (formerly Burma) during a 2016 dry-season expedition, something strange caught his eye: Frisbee-sized ...

Nothing in the wild goes to waste—not even a footprint. Some tracks didn’t hold much, “maybe soda can's worth of water,” says co-author David Bickford, a biologist at the University of LaVerne, in ...