“To jump on the water surface, you have to have your legs retracted and ready to push down again by the time you’re ...

Cricket frogs were once thought to hop on the water’s surface. They actually leap in and out of the water in a form of locomotion called porpoising.

Cricket frogs, native to Virginia and North Carolina, demonstrate an incredible ability to skitter across water surfaces, ...

This includes insects, snakes, other frogs, and even birds and mammals. Like most frogs, bullfrogs are visual predators and will react by orienting their bodies towards any small movements around them ...

But how are they doing this? To find out, the team took to high-speed videography to slow down the frogs' movements across a body of water. “Skittering is not actually a well-defined word for ...

The hind legs of frogs are crucial for body righting in the air, allowing them to adjust their posture before landing. This research demonstrated that the movements of the hind legs are integral ...

“The frog movement on the evening of the 29th can certainly be attributed to some much-needed rain. Summer rainfall events often trigger frog movements.” According to Andrews, the motivation ...

The motion of the frog, though, is closer to a high-speed belly flop. It plops into the water, thrusting its legs out behind it to give it a push out of the water, before landing, righting itself, and ...

Coqui frogs can’t grip a surface upside down so a fence with 90 degree overhang can stop their movement. — Courtesy image In the summer of 2023, Haiku homeowner Carole Harris decided she ...