It looks dead for months, its body packed with ice. But when spring arrives, this unassuming frog thaws back to life.
When the cold weather comes, I bundle up in a sweater and explore the snow. But my frog friends are never around then. In fact, I’ve never seen a frog in a sweater. I asked my friend Erica Crespi why ...
Wildlife biologists reported finding a small population of California red-legged frogs within the burn scars of a Northern California wildfire that torched a large area of the Sierra foothills last ...
Efforts to recover the population of the northern leopard frog at the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge are bearing fruit, according to NonStop Local. The northern leopard frog has survived winter ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Drought is a slow-moving catastrophe for most animals. Yet ...
Here’s your gross show for the day, folks: It’s a frog pooping out a live (yes, live!) beetle. And no, this is not some random backyard experiment or miniature David Blaine magic trick. The below ...
Ever notice during the winter the lack of bugs, spiders and even amphibians? Where do they all go? The answer might surprise you. A variety of frogs live in the central and eastern U.S., including the ...
As winter tightens its grip across southern Manitoba, the ponds, forests and wetlands that were alive with movement just months ago appear to fall silent. The chorus of frogs fades, turtles disappear ...
Northern giant hornets, also known as murder hornets, incite fear in many. These venomous hornets can take out an entire hive ...
Scientists are studying Nectophrynoides frogs that give birth to live young. This unique reproductive method helps them ...
If scientists hope to save this frog they must sac up and hop to it. The endangered “scrotum frog” — otherwise known as Telmatobius culeus to eggheads — is native to South America’s Lake Titicaca, ...