An international team of researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs that make otherworldly calls in the rainforests of Madagascar. Their strange, high-pitched whistling calls ...

Tree frog genus Boophis is found in the rainforests of Madagascar (Mark D Scherz) Scientists say the frogs are not easily accessible and it requires “a bit of trekking” to find them.

An international team of researchers identified seven new species of tree frogs in Madagascar that produce unique, high-pitched whistling calls. Named after iconic Star Trek captains, these frogs ...

A Boophis burnhamae, or Burnham’s tree frog. Photo from Mark D. Sherz “We’ve only scratched the surface of what Madagascar’s rainforests have to offer,” co-author Andolalao Rakotoarison ...

It's the next generation -- of tree frogs. A new species was discovered in Madagascar and named for having "Star Trek" like cadences. Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection Beam me up, froggy.

Your support makes all the difference. Researchers have discovered seven new species of frogs in Madagascar and say the high-pitched whistling calls they make are like sound effects from Star Trek.

Hiking through the dense rainforest of Madagascar, scientists heard a series of “otherworldly” sounds. The “somewhat bizarre” ...