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Object Details Expedition Cohoke Mill Reservoir Herpetological Survey Record Last Modified 4 Aug 2021 Specimen Count 1 Collection Date 11 Jun 1994 Accession Number 416359 Other Numbers Field Number : ...
🎵 The Marsh Warbler is nature’s best mimic. This tiny bird sings using the voices of over 100 other species! Recorded in its natural wetland habitat, this rare performance shows why it’s ...
You see, you’ve just found a wood frog. The wood frog, Lithobates sylvaticus, looks like any other frog in summer. A pleasant combination of greeny browns, but nothing you’d be writing home about.
You might not guess it, but toads are surprisingly adept diggers. Despite their squat, bumpy bodies, toads are surprisingly skilled at digging. These humble amphibians use burrowing as a key part of ...
Stories in Kutch shells: Hunter-gatherers who lived in Gujarat 5,000 years before the Harappans and their cities Evidence from Khadir island in the Great Rann of Kutch suggests that long before the ...
Yellow nutsedge is a challenging lawn weed. It’s a yellow-green, grass-like weed with waxy blades that grows faster than turfgrass. Being a sedge, its shiny stems are triangular rather than ...
3. Wood Frogs Living Frozen in Ice Wood Frog. Image via Openverse. Wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) take winter accommodation to an extraordinary extreme by essentially becoming their own frozen ...
A gruff amphibian with a musical trill. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on... The ...
Although concentrations of alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (alkyl-PAHs) in oil-contaminated sediments are higher than those of unsubstituted PAHs, only little attention has been given to ...
Image via Openverse. The wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) employs one of nature’s most astonishing cold-survival strategies—it literally freezes solid for months at a time. Found as far north as the ...
The Wildlife Diversity Grant opportunity is now closed for 2025-27 applications. Find the full announcement, the recorded information session and frequently asked questions on this page. This flyer ...