In addition to surviving extreme cold, this tough little frog tolerates a good measure of dehydration, no doubt an adaptation to its life away from water. For more information about the wood frog ...

In this edition of A Moment in the Wild, meet one of our early spring breeding species of frogs, the wood frog. This species may vary in color from tan and browns to reds and pinks, but is ...

Frogs like the wood frog and a few other hardy species have developed an extraordinary adaptation: they can survive being frozen in winter, sometimes for weeks or even months. Unlike most animals ...

Friday 25, the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary (CVHAS) held its annual “Frog Watch” at Dickinson Park.

Researchers found that wood frog (Rana sylvatica) tadpoles can adjust their growth and development in response to ranavirus, potentially improving their chances of survival. A group of viruses that ...

Kids squeal as peepers hop onto their shirt-fronts and marvel at wood-frogs. In New England, the star of Big Night amphibians is the spotted Salamander. They are around 6 inches long, black with ...

The series of videos, filmed over the last seven months by Capouellez, focuses on wild populations of American toads, wood frogs, gray tree frogs and pickerel frogs and will be posted during the week.

A small brown frog squats motionless in a den of green moss. It inhales no breath, has no heartbeat, yet it is not dead. Rock hard and icy to the touch, this speckled North American wood frog is ...

Now, species like the wood frogs, spring peepers, and grey tree frogs can thrive rather than survive, he said. Their mating calls now fill the airwaves day and night, the local officials said.

It’s that time of year when the night air is filled peeps, quacks, trills and twangs as the amphibian breeding season begins ...