Animals utilize many different forms of adaptation to aid in their survival. Some species rely on camouflage for protection, some rely on speed, while others rely on behavior. However, there is a ...

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 ...

A Blanchard’s cricket frog calls from a raft of lesser duckweed. The frog, listed as an endangered species in Wisconsin, has recently been documented in Trempealeau County for the first time since ...

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.

If you flick a flat stone toward a pond at just the right angle, it skips across in a series of smooth jumps. Inch-long cricket frogs seem to skitter over the surface of water with similar ...

A tiny threatened flog whose range reaches into Michigan is the focus of study for a graduate student at Central Michigan University. Travis Rainey, a graduate student in the biology, is investigating ...

The way cricket frogs move across the surface of water has long been thought to resemble walking on water, but researchers have now discovered a different reality. Is walking on water possible for ...