The transition from tadpole to juvenile frog is never easy—legs sprout, tails shrink and lungs develop for a life on land, ...

The frog Pipa pipa is an effective hunter, yet it doesn’t chase its prey. Instead, the aquatic frog lies in wait, motionless ...

A new design showcases a way for miniaturized robots to hop or swim in spite of limitations on their power output and size.

Deep in the mountain fynbos of South Africa, a frog smaller than a fingernail is quietly rewriting what scientists thought ...

Paracetamol, ibuprofen, carbamazepine, diclofenac, and other pharmaceuticals are being found in the Baltic Sea. Researchers ...

The waterfalls of Hawaii guard uninhabited pools: perfect fish spawning habitat, free from predators and competition. But ...

Selectively stimulating its left and right sides allowed straight swimming, left and right turns, circles and U-turns. The frog-ray could also cruise at the water surface, swim underwater while ...

Its strange, star-shaped toes. In a study published last month in the Journal of Comparative Physiology A, researchers show the Suriname toad’s toes are highly tuned sensory organs that function ...

Hundreds of people will jump into the Chicago River this weekend for the Chicago River Swim raising money for ALS research and swim lessons. But how do you know it's safe to get in the water? To ...

A new frog species has been discovered in the seasonally flooded forests of the western Amazon. Named Adenomera varcena, the ...

The first episode of Jim Henson’s “The Muppet Show” premiered in the United Kingdom on September 5, 1976. Enthusiasm for the eclectic ensemble has endured ever since Ellen Wexler | Writer and Special ...

Bornean frogs engage in a behavior that seems too bizarre to be practical, at least at first. These tiny frogs lift one hind leg into the air, extend it, rotate the foot as if to wave, then lower it ...