Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A brown wood frog sits among dried oak leaves and melting snow, its golden eyes reflecting the light.© A-Z Animals The post The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus or Rana sylvatica) has a broad distribution over North America, extending from the Boreal ...

A new study looking at the impact of road salt on wood frogs suggests the species may be evolving to better withstand the deadly mineral. A host of research on road salt’s impact on wood frogs shows a ...

The next time you declare that you are “freezing to death,” spare a thought for the wood frog who gets so cold in winter that its heart stops beating – but it does not die. Once the spring thaw ...

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As temperatures climb and trees bud with the arrival of spring, a native frog species is awakening after months being frozen and nearly dead. Wood frogs are small, brownish-tan amphibians between 1.5 ...

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Mirror photo by Rachel Foor / AAron Capouellez created the citizen science project Frog Week to increase interest in conservation efforts for pickerel frogs, gray tree frogs and wood frogs, among ...

Budd Andrews, of Pelican Rapids, Minn., has never been to Stonehenge. But one of his carved wooden frogs has hopped the Atlantic and had its picture taken at England's famous rock collection. Whether ...

Environmental DNA, also known as eDNA, is genetic material shed from animals and plants that scientists can use to tell what kinds of organisms are living in an environment. However, scientists ...

Wood frogs are highly dependent on environmental conditions to determine whether they are active. After fattening up during the summer, wood frogs enter brumation in the fall as temperatures cool.