Researchers found mercury levels are higher in the Okefenokee than other gator hotspots in the Southeast. How they sampled ...

Sand Ridge State Forest in Forest City is Illinois’ best-kept natural secret, and frankly, it’s too extraordinary to stay ...

During the frigid winter months, the Alaskan wood frog undergoes an astonishing transformation. When temperatures plummet, ...

"Summer is my favorite season, and the past few weekends have included seeing and hearing various frogs and toads," Darci ...

In 1996, when herpetologist Rafe Brown accompanied a few biologists to the Philippine island of Mindanao to study frogs, they heard a cacophony near their campsite. In a puddle that skirted the forest ...

Wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) exhibit an extraordinary capacity for freeze tolerance, an adaptation that enables survival despite the conversion of up to 65–70% of their total body water into ...

His system of nomenclature and classification is fundamental to the study of not just evolution but of taxonomy and ...

A wood frog sings among the sedges in a rain-filled ditch in the foothills forest west of Calgary, Ab., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

Perched up on a hillside on the outskirts of downtown Fairfax for decades, the rambling wooden Frogs Hot Tubs complex was the embodiment of the sun-kissed, laid-back Marin County lifestyle. There ...

Discover the wood frog's unique ability to survive freezing temperatures, thanks to its natural antifreeze mechanism.

The matchless oddity of the gastric brooding frogs’ reproduction drives home what we lose when a species becomes extinct. But does that mean we should bring them back?