The world's amphibians are in trouble. Because of their sensitivity to climate change, habitat loss, and pollution, they may ...

Researchers found that wood frog tadpoles can adapt to ranavirus infections by speeding up their growth, potentially ...

The denizens of the Middle Island wetlands may have short spring migrations, but it's still a perilous journey.

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.

All that quacking and chirping represents the efforts of the male frogs to attract a mate. In the case of the “quacking ducks ...

In addition to surviving extreme cold, this tough little frog tolerates a good measure of dehydration, no doubt an adaptation to its life away from water. For more information about the wood frog ...

The next time you declare that you are “freezing to death,” spare a thought for the wood frog who gets so cold in winter that its heart stops beating – but it does not die. Once the spring ...

Frogs started emerging from the forest, faster than the volunteers could count, on their way to the vernal pools where they ...

All that quacking and chirping represents the efforts of the male frogs to attract a mate. In the case of the “quacking ducks.” the guilty amphibian is the diminutive wood frog (aka Lithobates ...

I f you go down by the water when wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) begin mating, you’ll hear a cacophony of males calling out in search of a mate.With hundreds of overlapping calls, what actually ...