Tree Frog Opens Its Mouth Wide in Unexpected Reaction to Water Spray

A tree frog opened its mouth wide when water was sprayed into its enclosure. The footage shows the frog perched on the edge of a hollow log. A red spray nozzle comes into view and sends a fine mist ...

Scientists Found 8,000 Frog Bones at a Roman-Era Site in Britain—and They Finally Know Why

So when thousands of ancient frog bones turned up at a known settlement from Roman Britain, scientists were puzzled but ...

Roman-era 'frog feast' near Cambridge was the work of owls, bone analysis suggests

Around 1,800 years ago, over 9,000 bones, mainly from frogs, ended up in an Iron Age/Roman gully near Cambridge. When archaeologists first dug them up, speculation soon followed. Were these the ...
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Scientists solve mystery of 8,000 ancient frog bones

For centuries, thousands of frog bones buried beneath the English countryside have puzzled archaeologists, raising questions about how so many tiny creatures ended up in one place. The remarkable ...

Four new frog species reveal more of Peru's biodiversity

Science can't study a species—or unlock its potential to change the world—until people actually know it exists. Four new ...
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What makes a frog’s tongue so sticky? The secret is in the spit

Frogs and amphibians can nab a fly with remarkable speed — but the real secret of their bug-catching prowess is in the saliva. Sticky frog saliva is a non-Newtonian fluid. That means it can behave as ...