Frogs breathe through their skin, a process called cutaneous respiration, which allows them to absorb oxygen directly from the water.
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 ...
Five years ago Dr. Clarence W. Dail, at Los Angeles’ Rancho Los Amfgos Hospital, noticed that one of his polio patients, a young man whose breathing muscles were almost completely paralyzed, had ...
It takes about a day to thaw out, then it's back to normal for the frog and it makes its way to its natal vernal pool. If you listen for the peepers this season, you'll know when the wood frogs are on ...