At the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee in California — made famous in Mark Twain’s short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” — three researchers discovered potential flaws in ...

ALAMEDA, Calif. - With five generations of frog jumping enthusiasts, one Bay Area family is gearing up to compete in this weekend's Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee. It's a contest for ...

Bill Steed, self-proclaimed “doctor of frog psychology,” was coming to Expo ’74 with his stable of competitive jumping frogs. Steed claimed that all of the frogs had earned magnum cum laude degrees ...

Calaveras County's celebrated Frog Jump will take center stage in Rockefeller Plaza Wednesday when "The Today Show" on NBC re-creates country fair fun. Bob Lema, of Mokelumne Hill, will call the ...

Aug. 8—JEFFERSON — Mark Twain made frog jumping world famous in his short story, "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." And, although fairgoers may have read the story several times, it's best ...

MADISON - State officials are asking Wisconsinites to refrain from using frogs caught in neighborhood ponds or backyards for frog jumping contests. Well, soon, that will actually be a requirement. The ...

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — A rift between organizers of Calaveras County's famous frog jumping contest did not keep away thousands of frog wranglers Sunday inspired by Mark Twain's tall tale. About 4,000 ...

The Jumping Frog Jubilee was held this past weekend at the Calaveras County Fair in Angels Camp, with participants traveling from as far as France. Fifty qualifiers participated Sunday afternoon in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Series of images showing a frog jumping Frogs that seem to skitter across the surface of water as though it were solid land use a ...

Just because May 13 is not pre-printed as a special day on every generic calendar from the mega-super-office-warehouse store doesn't mean it's not worthy of a good old-fashioned all-American ...

Arboreal frogs navigate complex environments and face diverse mechanical properties within their physical environment. Such frogs may encounter substrates that are damped and absorb energy or are ...

This browser does not support the Video element. It's a contest for the fiercest frog jumping jockeys in the world and it's all going down Thursday through Sunday in Frogtown, USA. And for the first ...