Sunday 11 October 2026

Glass frog
When it sleeps, it packs about 89% of its red blood cells into its liver and becomes two to three times more see-through.
- Lives in
- RainforestPlants along forest streams, from southern Mexico to north-western South America
More about the glass frogScientific name, size and Red List status
- Scientific name
- Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni
- Size
- 22–25 mm long, snout to vent
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern
Not threatened at the moment, according to the IUCN Red List. See the assessment
Fact source: Taboada et al., 2022
This week
Every animal so far- Mon 19Basket star
- Tue 20Alpaca
- Wed 21Sociable weaver
- Thu 22Gumboot chiton
- Fri 23Cape dwarf chameleon
- Sat 24Northern paper waspToday
- Sun 25Tomorrow’s animalin 23 h 35 min
Why Animall
People can’t care about animals they have never heard of.
Scientists still discover thousands of new animal species every year, while many others are disappearing because of habitat loss and climate change. Some die out before anyone has described them.
10,000+
new animal species are described every year.
University of Arizona, 2025
86%
of species on Earth, and 91% in the ocean, have not been described yet.
Mora et al., 2011
73%
average drop in monitored wildlife populations between 1970 and 2020.
WWF Living Planet Report, 2024