Explosive breeding brings frogs and salamanders together in vernal pools for a brief, frantic window. Learn how it works.

Quick Take Wood frogs may travel up to a half mile to the vernal pool they were born in before participating in the spring ...

Understand that all animals have a life cycle that includes being born, developing into an adult, reproducing, and eventually dying Understand that the details of life cycles vary from one organism to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. It looks dead for months, its body packed with ice. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus or Rana sylvatica) has a broad distribution over North America, extending from the Boreal ...

Amazing things happen in nature as spring begins. The weather changes, plants and trees begin to flourish, and animals start ...