Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 7—JEFFERSON — Despite off-and-on rain showers, a good crowd came out Tuesday to the Ashtabula County Fair to witness the most ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – While many of the animals you will see at the Nashville Zoo are on exhibit outside, you can visit the reptiles, fish, insects, and amphibians inside at the “Unseen New World” ...

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 ...

By landing mostly upright, the frogs spread out the hitting force so it doesn't hurt them as much. This helps them survive in ...

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 ...

Scientists found that the inner ears of tiny frogs in Brazil are perhaps too tiny. Too tiny to help these small frogs jump well. They are actually perfectly fine at jumping. But they are terrible at ...

Wisconsin officials are establishing a new rule to prohibit using wild-caught frogs in jumping contests. The rule aims to prevent the spread of diseases from non-native, store-bought frogs to local ...

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 ...