Visiting New York - American Museum Natural History

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192

Phone: (212) 769-5100

Hours: The Museum is open daily, 10:00 a.m.—5:45 p.m.

Space Show:

Monday - Friday: Every half hour, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. except Wednesdays (first show on Wednesday begins at 11:00 a.m.)

IMAX FILMS:

Wild Ocean, captures one of the world's greatest migrations. This 40-minute film explores the annual feeding frenzy that takes place in the oceans off of South Africa as billions of sardines migrate up the KwaZulu-Natal Wild Coast, followed by whales, sharks, dolphins, and gannets.

Preview here

Beavers When it was released in 1988, the giant screen production Beavers brought audiences closer than ever to the shy, mysterious creatures that have been steadfastly reshaping the landscapes of the planet for eons.

EXHIBIT

Frogs: A Chorus of Colors

May 30, 2009 - January 3, 2010

FROGS and the ECOSYSTEM

The Fading Chorus

Ritualized Frogs

The Pet Trade

What big Ears

A Frog without a Pond

Hopping Drugstores

Frog Antifreeze

Frogs in our Throats

What are Frogs Worth?

Project Golden Frog

FROG FUN FACTS

General

There is evidence that frogs have roamed the Earth for more than 200 million years, at least as long as the dinosaurs. The world's largest frog is the goliath frog of West Africa—it can grow to 15 inches and weigh up to 7 pounds. A goliath frog skeleton is featured in Frogs: A Chorus of Colors.

Frog Physiology

Frogs have excellent night vision and are very sensitive to movement.

The bulging eyes of most frogs allow them to see in front, to the sides, and

partially behind them. When a frog swallows food, it pulls its eyes down into the

roof of its mouth, to help push the food down its throat..

Locomotion

Launched by their long legs, many frogs can leap more than 20 times their body

length.

Frog Sounds

SWAMP SYMPHONIES

"Frogs do for the night what birds do for the day: They give it a voice. And the voice is a varied and stirring one that ought to be better known." - Archie Carr

Green tree frog with throat pouch inflated

Hylid cinerea

© John Netherton, Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland

Frogs were the first land animals with vocal cords—they have been singing for 180 million years. With its mouth closed, a frog pumps air back and forth across its vocal cords. Many male frogs have vocal sacs-pouches of skin that fill with air. These balloons resonate sounds like a megaphone, and some frog choruses can be heard from a mile away.

All text and pictures from the AMNH