Arboreal frogs navigate complex environments and face diverse mechanical properties within their physical environment. Such frogs may encounter substrates that are damped and absorb energy or are ...

Get out your smallest violin—or maybe your biggest—for the petite frogs whose miniature ear structures hinder their ability to hop, one of the defining characteristics of frogs. The frogs are of the ...

At the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee in California — made famous in Mark Twain’s short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” — three researchers discovered potential flaws in ...

Tree frogs reach great heights with their jumps, but do not cover much distance. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Desert Frogs 'Fog Up' to Collect Water Australian green tree frogs manage to hop around the deserts of northern Australia during the dry season without dehydrating. Now, a new study solves the mystery ...

Had Mark Twain seen the 20,000 people who milled about last week in the little town of Angels Camp, Calaveras County, Calif, he would have beenastounded. Yet they were there because he once wrote a ...

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — For the 75th straight spring, the golden foothills of the Mother Lode are awhirl with Calaveras County’s celebrated jumping frog jubilee, an annual rite of Americana inspired by ...

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — When Mark Twain published “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” in 1865, the frog helped make him famous, and he returned the favor. Since then, the frog has made the ...