Thanks to a group of third-graders, Washington state now has an official amphibian -- the Pacific chorus frog. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The record to break is 21 feet, 5 3/4 inches set by Rosie the Ribeter in 1986. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The best trip you've ever had without taking drugs: watch this cartoon! Kicking off FAF a bit early with Sally Cruikshank's creepy classic. Music by Danny Elfman, who also appears as a (literal) lounge lizard and sings "Don't Go In the Basement". picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

The Vatican has decided that a sculpture of a crucified frog holding an egg and a beer mug, made by an artist who died over 10 years ago, is blasphemous and should be removed from its museum. picked by Wingnut 2 weeks ago

The Times quoted sources saying the prince and his friend were the only two people known to be shooting on the estate when the birds were killed. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

A frog in search for water, finds himself evading panic-stricken swimmers, a vicious house cat, and eventually passes through the human digestive system before reaching his salvation in a tranquil lake. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

The Prince of Wales yesterday launched an unprecedented and pre-emptive assault on claims in a TV documentary suggesting he is "unfit to rule" picked by smarty1052 1 year ago

Fifty artists who recorded Prince covers in honor of His Purpleness' 50th birthday June 7 have been slapped with a lawsuit by the short-tempered star. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

A team of Australian researchers has isolated one of the most effective natural mosquito repellents yet from an unlikely source: smelly frog skin.

I can hear the researchers now: "Ok! Who squeezed the frog?" picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

This is "Nong Oui", Thailand's amphibian answer to the Hell's Angels.

There is nothing the black-spotted frog likes better than taking her Harley out for a spin - even if she is a bit of a poseur. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Britain's Defense Ministry confirmed today that Prince Harry is fighting on the front line in Afghanistan. picked by unzercharlie 6 months ago

By creating "Teflon" versions of natural antibiotics found in frog skin, a research team led by biological chemist E. Neil Marsh has made the potential drugs better at thwarting bacterial defenses, an improvement that could enhance their effectiveness. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The first lungless frog has been discovered lurking in the jungles of Borneo. It apparently gets all the oxygen it needs through its skin. The loss of lungs helped the frogs severely flatten their bodies. This in turn increased the surface area of their skin, which helps them absorb oxygen. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

British Chief of the Defense Staff Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup confirmed Friday that the army will pull Prince Harry out of Afghanistan after news of his deployment there was leaked.
Update to this post. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago

The India’s smallest land vertebrate, a 10-millimeter frog, has been discovered from the Western Ghats of Kerala by Delhi University Systematics Biologist, S D Biju and his colleagues. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

There's a new CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN trailer online.

This one's heavy on effects/action and light on nearly anything else...presumably to appease "the first one was boring" crowd picked by ldxavior 5 months ago

If you are a parent, then you know kids will sometimes bring home a new pet. But when a little boy brought a 9-legged frog home to Kansas, some adults got worried.

With photo! picked by readingitall 1 year ago

A brilliantly-colored frog has been rediscovered 14 years after its last sighting in a remote mountainous region in Colombia.

The critically endangered Carrikeri Harlequin frog (Atelopus carrikeri), a member of a family of amphibians that has been decimated by the outbreak of a deadly fungal disease, measures about 2 inches (5 cm) in length and lives at an altitude of 13,000 feet (4,000 m). picked by Marli 6 months ago

This video clip from Trivia no Izumi (Game show)shows how frogs cope with severe indigestion. After a disagreeable meal, a frog can empty its stomach by ejecting the entire organ inside-out through its mouth and washing it with its front legs before swallowing it back down. The host of the show explains that a frog throws up in much the same way that humans do, but its stomach pops out because of... read full post picked by Turtle 12 months ago

This year's Super Bowl telecast generated about 150 complaints to the Federal Communications Commission, with the bulk of the beefs centering on Prince's halftime performance and a Snickers commercial. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago