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 ...
Studies have shown that the most common cause of stress in pet frogs is an unsuitable habitat. Frogs are very sensitive to their surroundings, and that means even very small changes can affect ...
Such threats as habitat loss and overexploitation for meat or the pet trade are decimating amphibian species worldwide. Each year, hundreds of millions of frogs are eaten domestically or traded ...