The Japanese tree frog harbors many secrets with its chorus of croaks, soaring leaps and perfect landings. But a "ribbiting" vanishing act? Any local will tell you: find the nearest vending machine!

KYOTO--Japanese commonly describe a person frozen with fear as looking like “a frog scared stiff by a snake.” But at least from a scientific perspective, it turns out the traditional portrayal ...

A Japanese equivalent of the English idiom “deer in the headlights” may be “hebi ni niramareta kaeru,” which literally translates as “a frog being glared at by a snake.” The poor frog ...

Japan's Gen Z has spoken. Their favorite word in the first half of 2023 is "frog-ization" — the moment when your crush starts looking way uglier than you thought they were, right after they ...

However, given that it exposes its eggs to potential predators like snakes, why would a tree frog take such a risk? A group from Nagoya University in Japan investigated the spawning habits of the ...