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

This is the time of year when our local amphibians will be migrating back to their natal pools to mate and lay eggs.

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.

As I wrote last week, as spring unfolds, the avian chorus grows, but it won't reach its full volume until mid-May when the ...

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

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 ...

According to MassWildlife, amphibians are signaled by the spring rain that it is time to emerge from their winter retreat and ...

An aggregation of wood frog egg masses in a pond following spring breeding. Wood frogs are explosive, synchronous breeders that arrive at temporary freshwater ponds soon after snowmelt to reproduce ...

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 ...

HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y. ( NEWS10) — The annual frog and salamander migration is well underway in the Hudson Valley. Amphibian ...

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 ...