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Frogs Swallow Using Eyeballs: Exhibit Reveals Creatures' Quirks

NEW YORK — Neon green, vivid orange, striped and spotted — the frogs are back! An exhibit featuring live frogs from around the world is returning to the American Museum of Natural History here in New York. Full story

Pregnancy Test Frog May Have Spread Fatal Fungus

A frog once widely imported and bred by hospitals because it lays eggs when injected with a pregnant woman's urine may have brought a deadly amphibian infection to the United States. Full story

The Wackiest Moms of the Animal Kingdom

Mom, mother, madre, mutter, mama, mum — whatever you call her, everyone has one. While Mother's Day celebrates human mothers, there are a lot of other moms in the animal kingdom worth a shout-out. Full story

Frog Surprisingly Found to Live Underground

The Iberian frog, like most of its hopping ilk, is commonly found aboveground, dwelling among the streams of Portugal and Spain. But new research shows the animals can, and do, make a living underground. Full story

Itsy-Bitsy Endangered Frog Bred in Bid to Save Species

Several teeny-tiny frogs, one big hop for amphibian conservation. Full story

Reviving the Woolly Mammoth: Will De-Extinction Become Reality?

Biologists briefly brought the extinct Pyrenean ibex back to life in 2003 by creating a clone from a frozen tissue sample harvested before the goat's entire population vanished in 2000. The clone survived just seven minutes after birth, but it gave scientists hope that "de-extinction," once a pipedr Full story

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  Savannah faces frog phobia on ‘Ellen’

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  Prince William awarded knighthood

Queen Elizabeth II has granted her grandson another knighthood, appointing him to the Scottish Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle to complement his and Duchess Kate’s Scottish titles of Earl and Countess of Strathearn. NBC’s Michelle Kosinski reports.

  'Noah's Arc' built to save frogs in peril

As a deadly disease wreaks havoc on wild frog populations across the world, scientists are doing everything they can to ensure the amphibians keep their very important place in the global ecosystem, including creating a modern day "Noah's Arc." NBC’s Tom Costello reports.

  Boehner compares caucus to ‘frogs in a wheelbarrow’

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