We have reached that time of year when windows are open and the sounds of nature are once again allowed to drift into our homes. During the daytime, we hear birds singing with excitement as the ...

to sequence the genome of the North American wood frog. The wood frog (Rana sylvatica) can freeze solid and then thaw – multiple times – with no ill effect. Wood frog in a frozen state (photo by Jon ...

Baby wood frogs must mature quickly, because warm weather also wakes up the trees, and they will make quick work of the water in the forest pools.

A frog species forms 'boy bands' that sing in unison to woo females into their pools, a new study shows. Researchers have recorded wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) at ponds in New Hampshire to learn ...

Observing baby frogs, or any form of life, over time, as they grow, we come to see how creatures who on the surface seem so foreign to us are, in fact, quite familiar.

Urea worked about as well as glucose, the only other molecule known to protect wood frogs from cold, says Costanzo. The findings appear in The Journal of Experimental Biology 1 .

WASHINGTON — If you’ve ever been unable to find a bathroom in a moment of need, you know the gotta-go feeling. That’s nothing compared to the wood frog, which doesn’t urinate all winter ...

Frogs come in a huge variety of shapes, colors, sizes and personalities. Famed naturalist Sir David Attenborough met a multitude of these webbed wonders while filming the Nature episode Fabulous ...

Wood frogs’ range spans a broad swath of North America, from Georgia up through Canada and into Alaska’s Arctic forests. The average January low for the Alaskan frogs’ home is ‑28° Celsius.