The wood frog is one of the first frog species to emerge in late winter in the Northern U.S. and Canada, and from afar their distinctive calls can be mistaken for the sound of ducks or chickens.

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The wood frog is found throughout the forests of Alaska. They live amongst the leaf litter and feed on insects, arachnids, worms, slugs , and snails. As temperatures plunge, this cold-blooded ...

A wood frog pauses in the forest just off the Yukon River near the mouth of the Nation River. (Photo by Ned Rozell) Things didn’t look good for the five frozen wood frogs.

Wood frogs in Alaska will freeze down to negative 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Others in North Carolina cool to 8.6 degrees. But the mechanisms are the same.