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"It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a frog???!!!"

We always think of frogs as being amphibians whose existence is restricted only to land and water. This is largely true, given the fact that frogs have evolved over time to develop specific physical characteristics – lungs for breathing on land, webbed Read More...
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"Airborne Geckos take a Little Trip, YEAH!"

'Airborne' geckos! Now that must be a real good sight. Imagine, a gecko trying to keep itself up on a slippery, vertical surface when suddenly, *Slip*, and it falls off! (Credit: Robert Full/UC Berkeley, copyright PNAS/NAS 2008) Watch It Now isn't that Read More...
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