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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Most amphibians die when exposed to salt — except the crab-eating frog, which thrives with it. Here’s how it rewrote the ...
On a winter walk through Alaska’s forests, you might step over what looks like a dead frog, locked stiff beneath the leaves. Its eyes are glazed with ice, its heart doesn’t beat, and its lungs do ...
Quick Take Boulenger’s backpack frog females carry fertilized eggs in a dorsal pouch, providing protection and moisture. Embryos undergo direct development, emerging as fully formed froglets without a ...