The highlight of the day was the much-anticipated frog jumping contest, where young contestants showcased their prized pets. From the tiniest tree frogs to hefty bullfrogs, the talent was ...

Native tree frogs get a jump on spring . Originally published March 20, 2008 at 12:00 am Updated March 28, ... As if on cue, a tree frog began ka-reeking just as Klaus Richter arrived.

Tree frogs take full advantage of this mechanism, ... The scientists even tried their hand at frog-jumping while at the jubilee, Astley said. They couldn’t touch the pros.

On the afternoon of August 18, 2023, sixteen intrepid frogs and their trainers leapt at the chance to take part in the annual Frog and Toad Jumping Contest held at the Blueberry Festival in the ...

The leaps they'd been recording in the lab are nothing compared with the 7.2-foot-long (2.2 meters) hops completed by frogs at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee in Angels Camp, Calif.

A frog is taken to the starting line during the annual frog jump at the Lake County Fair in Crown Point on Saturday, August 13, 2022. (Michael Gard / Post-Tribune) Rules for the contest said the ...

But other frogs were filmed with high-speed cameras as well, revealing stunning video of the amphibians’ ability to jump. Here, the champion jumper, a Cuban tree frog, is seen as muscles stretch ...

Of course, there are frogs that take jumping to a whole other level, like the gliding tree frog. It’s not flying, but it’s certainly falling with style. [music] ScienceTake.