Water frogs, particularly those in the genus Pelophylax, are a diverse group of amphibians that face significant ecological challenges due to habitat loss, pollution, and the introduction of non ...

Cricket frogs are pretty small and would fit on the thumb of an adult human's hand, yet they possess extraordinarily fast motion. To record how they were traveling over the water, the team set up ...

Cricket frogs can’t walk (or hop) on water like once thought. Their bodies sink below the surface between successive jumps, researchers report in the November Journal of Experimental Biology.

Conservationists and government officials in Chile have collected the few remaining Loa water frogs (Telmatobius dankoi) from a dwindling stream near the city of Calama, the Global Wildlife ...

Amphibians are small vertebrates that need water, or a moist environment, to survive. The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. All can breathe and absorb water ...

Researchers led by Jake Socha discovered that cricket frogs in Virginia and North Carolina use unique 'fast-moving belly flops' to jump multiple times on water, a behavior called 'skittering'.

Chances for survival are usually pretty slim for tiny insects after being swallowed by a frog, but that is not the case for aquatic beetles. Once eaten, the species is able to negotiate the ...