When sitting still, this Vietnamese mossy frog could pass for, you guessed it, a clump of moss. But if you hear these little guys — spanning up to about 3.5 inches (9 centimeters) — don’t be fooled, as they can throw their “voices” some 10 to 13 feet (3 to 4 meters). So they’re not likely resting where you hear them. (Image credit: Shutterstock)
Be very careful
This wolf spider is hiding out in the rocks in Shark Bay, Western Australia. (Image credit: Auscape/UIG/Getty)
Daisy lover
A tiny critter likes to hang out with the flowers.
This yellow crab spider (Misumena vatia) perches on a Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) flower, waiting for tasty insects to land. The spider nabs the unsuspecting insects as they go after the flower's nectar. (Image credit: Sandra Standbridge/Getty)
Yellow Longlure Frogfish
This lumpy oddball hides out in coral reefs, hidden from its prey. To lure in tasty prey, the yellow longlure frogfish "walks" on its fins and wiggles the first spine of its dorsal fin (called the illicium) "like an angler with bait," according to the Florida Museum. (Image credit: Shutterstock)
Jeanna Bryner is managing editor of Scientific American. Previously she was editor in chief of Live Science and, prior to that, an editor at Scholastic's Science World magazine. Bryner has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master's degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University. She has worked as a biologist in Florida, where she monitored wetlands and did field surveys for endangered species, including the gorgeous Florida Scrub Jay. She also received an ocean sciences journalism fellowship from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She is a firm believer that science is for everyone and that just about everything can be viewed through the lens of science.
