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

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

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 ...

Between 2021 and 2023, the authors studied the growth and development of the wood frog Rana sylvatica in a forest in Connecticut. Wood frogs are so-called ‘explosive’ breeders in ponds formed from ...

the authors studied the growth and development of the wood frog Rana sylvatica in a forest in Connecticut. Wood frogs are so-called ‘explosive’ breeders in ponds formed from snowmelt.

The most noted among these freeze-tolerant species are the Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica), the Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer), and the Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor). These frogs are primarily ...

Viktor Loki/Shutterstock.com Wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus or Rana sylvatica) have a unique way of surviving when the mercury dips below freezing. When faced with cold weather, these little ...