The next time you declare that you are “freezing to death,” spare a thought for the wood frog who gets so cold in winter that ...

Ducking hanging branches and stepping over stones, researchers in the Meratus mountain range of Indonesia walked through small streams on the hunt for frogs. They moved under the cover of darkness ...

Discover the declining numbers of Blanchard's cricket frogs in Wisconsin. Learn about their habitat and conservation status.

The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy ...

“We were able to show that the tubulins of the clawed frog species differ in only 19 of almost 1000 amino acids,” says Reber: “So the key to the temperature adaptation of the tubulins had to lie in ...

Rashi speculated that the single frog was a proliferating piñata of an amphibian. When struck in anger, the frog exploded ...

In their studies, Socha's team members found that popular opinions generally state that the frog crosses the water without sinking, but doing so might still require a highly specialized anatomy.

Our sages teach us that the plague of frogs was specifically sent to shake Pharaoh out of his indifference. Of all plagues, the frogs have the least to do with the human condition. Generally ...

The cricket frog’s seemingly simple movement holds secrets that may shape the future of technology. Cricket frogs may be small, but their anatomy is a masterpiece of adaptation. Their ability to ...

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.

For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than ...