Wisconsin seeks to ban use of wild-caught frogs in jumping contests

The DNR is proposing a rule that would ban catching native Wisconsin frogs and using them in summertime jumping contests ...
Gizmodo

These Tiny Frogs Are So, So Bad at Jumping

Get out your smallest violin—or maybe your biggest—for the petite frogs whose miniature ear structures hinder their ability to hop, one of the defining characteristics of frogs. The frogs are of the ...
JSTOR Daily

Compliant Substrates Disrupt Elastic Energy Storage in Jumping Tree Frogs

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 ...
nerdist

These Tiny Frogs Can’t Jump but They Try Very Hard

Scientists found that the inner ears of tiny frogs in Brazil are perhaps too tiny. Too tiny to help these small frogs jump well. They are actually perfectly fine at jumping. But they are terrible at ...
Yahoo

Jumping is sort of a key feature of frogs, so why are pumpkin toadlets so terrible at it?

Halloween of 2016 brought us a new holiday character who was more confusing than terrifying. We’re talking about David S. Pumpkins, and we still have so many questions. With his skeleton sidekicks, he ...
Sun Journal

Rangeley’s Frog Jumping Contest is “toad-ally” awesome

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. On Thursday, Aug. 21, ten hardy frogs leapt at the chance to take part in ...
IFLScience

No Jumping Frogs For Dinner? Some Of The Strangest US Laws That Still Exist

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...
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Hop to it! Jumping Frog Jubilee opens in Calaveras County

FAIR HAS TO OFFER. HEY MIKE. YEAH? GOOD MORNING. WE’RE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FROG SPA. WANT TO KNOW WHAT A FROG SPA IS? WELL, IT’S RIGHT HERE UNDERNEATH THE FROG SIGN. HEY, DAVE, CAN YOU GRAB US A BULL ...
The Union Democrat

Frogs will kick-off Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee promotional tour

A group of frogs (and their handlers) will launch a goodwill tour this week to help raise excitement for the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, which runs May 19-22 at the Calaveras ...
The Times and Democrat

After two-year absence, Frog Jump returns

In the town of Springfield lies the competition of the Governor’s Frog Jump. Ever since the 1960s, people have been traveling to compete with aspirations of winning. Those aspirations have been ...
Los Angeles Times

Inside the Jumping Frog Jubilee of Calaveras County

“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County” not only launched Mark Twain’s literary career but would also later inspire an annual frog jumping competition in Angels Camp, Calif. This year marked ...