Frogs are often thought of as natural leapers, but new findings show primitive living frogs actually do belly flops. This suggests frogs evolved jumping before they refined landing, researchers said.

Frogs had generally been assumed to all jump in a similar manner — by rapidly extending their back legs as they launched themselves forward and rotating their limbs forward during flight so that they ...

Sometimes divers, to their own painful dismay, do belly flops. But did you ever see a frog belly flop? That's just what primitive living frogs do, according to a new study looking at the evolution of ...

Playing leapfrog would be tricky for the most primitive living frogs: those from the Leiopelmatidae family crash-land rather than touch down gracefully after leaping. The finding may reveal how ...

Frogs learned to leap long before they learned how to land smoothly, researchers suggest, based on the simple observation that the amphibians have been hopping around for hundreds of millions of years ...

In this video, we delve into the process of locating and grilling frogs in the forest using primitive techniques. Experience the traditional methods involved in preparing and cooking frog meat. #Primi ...

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Not Exactly Pocket Science is a set of shorter write-ups of new stories with links to more detailed takes by the world’s best journalists and bloggers. It is meant to complement the usual fare of ...