During the next couple of weeks, little pools of water in forested areas will be alive with the sounds of frogs. They’re gathering places for all kinds of critters who need these temporary shallow ...

On a chilly March morning a few days before the vernal equinox, an ensemble of spring peepers sang their steady high-pitched song from a shallow rain-fed pond in Middle Island. Wood frogs added their ...

Puddle or vernal pool? Take a closer look to find out. Vernal pools, Michigan’s fantastical temporary wetlands, are teeming with life. They’ve earned the nickname, “powerhouse puddles” from the state ...

During a recent lecture on evolution, I had to explain the differences between three different processes known as geographic, temporal and behavioral isolation. Geographic isolation is the easiest of ...

It's Newt Night. Frog Fest. Salamanderpalooza. The temperature is brushing up against 50 where I live, and it's been drizzling for a couple of days. And so, the amphibians, the goggle-eyed, slightly ...

Vernal pools are seasonal bodies of water that provide critical breeding habitat for amphibians and insects. These pools cycle through wet, flowering, and dry phases, supporting a diverse range of ...

Photographs and video were taken at the Francis Marion National Forest in South Carolina, with assistance from Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy, a national nonprofit.Credit...Photographs and Video by ...

On a rainy spring morning in Strafford, Steve Faccio stood thigh-deep in water, holding what looked like four globes of translucent white jelly speckled with black seeds. Around him, a small group of ...

Haven t the faintest idea what I m talking about, you say? If you ve ever heard the deafening trilling of spring peepers or wood frogs in the spring, or peered into shallow water at tadpoles, you ve ...

On a spring hike in the woods, one sure way to amaze a child (or a grownup!) is to discover a red eft along the trail. Glowing red-orange in the leaf litter, these tiny creatures light up the forest ...