Efforts to recover the population of the northern leopard frog at the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge are bearing fruit, according to NonStop Local. The northern leopard frog has survived winter ...

Frogs may appear harmless, but many species are highly efficient predators equipped with specialized hunting adaptations. Their elastic tongues can launch in fractions of a second, allowing them to ...

Crayfish frog, Lithobates areolatus, a large frog of the central and southern United States, that spends most of its life in the burrows of large crayfishes.© Mike Redmer/Shutterstock.com Crawfish ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Dusky gopher frogs are adorably winsome with big eyes, round stomachs and a call that sounds like a post-dinner snore—and they’re one of the rarest amphibians in the United States. Habitat loss, ...

Millions of tons of road salt are applied to streets and highways across the United States each winter to melt ice and snow and make travel safer, but the effects of salt on wildlife are poorly ...

Jess Melbourne-Thomas receives funding for this work from the Australian Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water via the National Environmental Science Program ...

Wood frogs are highly dependent on environmental conditions to determine whether they are active. After fattening up during ...