Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 8—JEFFERSON — Mark Twain made frog jumping world famous in his short story, "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." ...

Get out your smallest violin—or maybe your biggest—for the petite frogs whose miniature ear structures hinder their ability to hop, one of the defining characteristics of frogs. The frogs are of the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. On Thursday, Aug. 21, ten hardy frogs leapt at the chance to take part in ...

FAIR HAS TO OFFER. HEY MIKE. YEAH? GOOD MORNING. WE’RE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FROG SPA. WANT TO KNOW WHAT A FROG SPA IS? WELL, IT’S RIGHT HERE UNDERNEATH THE FROG SIGN. HEY, DAVE, CAN YOU GRAB US A BULL ...

WELL, RIGHT NOW, A BELOVED TRADITION IS BACK. THE CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR AND JUMPING FROG JUBILEE JUST KICKED OFF OR JUMPED OFF IN ANGELS CAMP. LET’S GO TO MELANIE WINGO, WHO JOINS US FROM THE ...

VALLEY CITY, Ohio -- With an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 people attending and 740 frogs taking a leap or three across the ring, the 62nd annual Valley City Frog Jump Festival was another success, ...

Thousands of frog fanatics descended on the small community of Valley City's Mill Stream Park Sunday to watch frogs do what they do best, with lots of encouragement from their handlers of course. When ...

The frog jumping event on the Capitol lawn was the competition's 50th anniversary. Lawmakers representing Calaveras County hold the event to honor the Calaveras County Fair. The frogs jumping in ...

Wisconsin officials are establishing a new rule to prohibit using wild-caught frogs in jumping contests. The rule aims to prevent the spread of diseases from non-native, store-bought frogs to local ...