“To jump on the water surface, you have to have your legs retracted and ready to push down again by the time you’re ...

Several species have fascinated observers with their abilities to skip side-to-side and leap into the air from the surface of a pond ... frog's unique ability to "skitter," another name for ...

The first to move into a pond are usually aquatic plants such as water starwort, then insects such as water boatmen, pond skaters, whirligig beetles and great diving beetles. Other creatures might ...