Frogs started emerging from the forest, faster than the volunteers could count, on their way to the vernal pools where they ...
You might think the sounds you noticed coming from those wetlands are the distant quacking of ducks. You’d be wrong. Or you ...
A new study looking at the impact of road salt on wood frogs suggests the species may be evolving to better withstand the deadly mineral. A host of research on road salt’s impact on wood frogs ...
The next time you snivel, "I am freezing to death," you might want to consider the wood frog, which withstands such bone-chilling cold in winter that its heart stops beating yet does not die.
With this delightfully warm weather, the earth is coming alive. Buds are swelling, maples are flowering, and the birds have ...
Why does the frog cross the road? Because it’s amphibian migration season! Jesse and Viola Rothacker from Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary joined us in the studio this morning with Wood ...
The wood frog survives extreme winter temperatures by freezing solid, with its heart stopping for nearly eight months. It uses its natural antifreeze, a mix of glucose and urine constituents ...