When the cold weather comes, I bundle up in a sweater and explore the snow. But my frog friends are never around then. In fact, I’ve never seen a frog in a sweater. I asked my friend Erica Crespi why ...
The animal kingdom is full of fascinating tricks for enduring sub-freezing temperatures. Birds, for example, often just take flight for warmer parts unknown the moment a frost hits their environment.
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It defies logic, but frogs can freeze solid during winter, then thaw out and live again, and scientists now know how
Long before winter seals the forest under ice, certain frogs begin preparing for a transformation that defies basic biology. The wood frog (Rana sylvatica), along with a few treefrog species like the ...
With an eye patch like a bandit and bodies no bigger than 3 inches, wood frogs are among the fascinating critters that spend the winter sheltered in backyard and woodland leaf litter. If you find one ...
First, as the temperature drops below 32 degrees, ice crystals start to form just beneath the frog's skin. The normally pliant and slimy amphibian becomes for lack of a better word slushy. Then, if ...
As winter swoops over the world, wrapping the days in mist and hardening the ground beneath a layer of frost, people retreat indoors to snuggle into cozy blankets. With heaters humming in the ...
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