You might think the sounds you noticed coming from those wetlands are the distant quacking of ducks. You’d be wrong. Or you ...

You might think the sounds you noticed coming from those wetlands are the distant quacking of ducks. You’d be wrong. Or you ...

The wood frog (Rana sylvatica) can remarkably freeze and thaw with the changing seasons. This small, brown amphibian, native to North America, has developed an extraordinary survival mechanism that ...

Here is your pet tree frog owner’s guide to help you get set up for success! Before buying a tree frog, it is important to understand more about them. Like any pet, they have very specific needs for ...

With this delightfully warm weather, the earth is coming alive. Buds are swelling, maples are flowering, and the birds have ...

But today, these frogs face an urgent crisis. Their populations are plummeting due to chytrid fungus, a devastating amphibian disease, and widespread habitat destruction. Without intervention, ...

A Big Night event in Cumberland is one of many community efforts in Maine to assist amphibians across roadways during their ...

First, desert rain frogs develop directly from eggs and skip over the tadpole stage of gestation — they’re born as frogs. Second, they do not require water in their habitat to survive, which ...

The capacity for fluorescence in frogs may be influenced by their environment, namely the availability of UV light and the ecological dynamics within their habitat. This adaptive trait might have ...

"Before there were roads and the bisected habitats, you had continuous woods ... In fact, when we started, we didn't have any wood frogs in the vernal pools. And we now have great breeding ...

Early March contains the first harbingers of the shifting seasons. The temperature starts to fitfully rise, the sun stays out for longer – noticeably, as we spring forward the clocks – and after dusk ...