It looks dead for months, its body packed with ice. But when spring arrives, this unassuming frog thaws back to life.

Winter has officially arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. With today’s winter solstice, the days will start to get a little bit longer, but the cold will stick around. We humans typically handle the ...

Imagine disliking winter so much that you appear to die when it begins, only to come back to life in the spring. That’s essentially what the incredible wood frog does (well, almost) to survive the ...

As winter tightens its grip across southern Manitoba, the ponds, forests and wetlands that were alive with movement just months ago appear to fall silent. The chorus of frogs fades, turtles disappear ...

Missouri is home to some strange wildlife. And winter weather shows just how strange-but-true some native critters can be.

Wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) exhibit an extraordinary capacity for freeze tolerance, an adaptation that enables survival despite the conversion of up to 65–70% of their total body water into ...

On a winter’s day years ago, I made a stunning discovery while walking through my local dog park. The pond in the middle of ...