The next time you snivel, "I am freezing to death," you might want to consider the wood frog, which withstands such ...

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 ...

However, a new study published in Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science suggests that some amphibians may not be entirely defenseless. Researchers found that wood frog (Rana sylvatica) tadpoles ...

Every spring, on the first warm, rainy nights of the season, hundreds of salamanders and frogs make their way over land to ...

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 ...

Wood frogs added their baritone calls to the chorus. "They really are the harbingers of spring," said John Turner, the land management specialist for Brookhaven Town. Three years ago, Turner was ...

These ephemeral wetlands form in depressions in forests or ridge lines and offer essential breeding habitat to amphibians and ...

But they don't make the wild quacking that may have caught you off guard. That is the signature sound of the wood frog. Wood frogs are nowhere as numerous as peepers, so they're not generally well ...