Their movement is a form of "porpoising," leaping in and out of the water to travel Cricket frogs can’t walk (or hop) on water like once thought. Their bodies sink below the surface between successive ...

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'.

Sometimes divers, to their own painful dismay, do belly flops. But did you ever see a frog belly flop? That's just what primitive living frogs do, according to a new study looking at the evolution of ...

Is walking on water possible for frogs? Several species have fascinated observers with their abilities to skip side-to-side and leap into the air from the surface of a pond as if the water were land.

The study of anuran locomotion and biomechanics encompasses a multifaceted exploration of the mechanical, neural, and evolutionary attributes that underpin jumping, landing and other movement ...

Many animals use several different gaits — patterns of locomotion that change abruptly at a critical speed. People walk to go slowly and run to go fast. Horses and other quadrupedal mammals walk, trot ...

Scientists have triggered long-term growth of legs in adult frogs, which are naturally unable to regenerate limbs. The frogs regrew a lost leg over months, triggered by just 24 hour exposure to a five ...

The toe pad of the Amazon milk frog can hold up to 14 times the animal’s body weight. That’s like an average American man holding a Honda Civic… with his toes. These tree frogs are pros at sticking ...

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 ...

Scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have made a breakthrough in amphibian neurobiology. By using adeno-associated viruses (AAVs), the research provides new insights ...