It looks dead for months, its body packed with ice. But when spring arrives, this unassuming frog thaws back to life.

As colder weather sets in, the frogs then distribute extreme levels of glucose through their bodies, with it concentrating in the heart, liver, skeletal muscles and blood. Minnesota has four types of ...

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 ...

Discover how North America’s amphibians and reptiles survive winter’s chill. From freeze-tolerant wood frogs to ...

The next time you snivel, "I am freezing to death," you might want to consider the wood frog, which withstands such ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – What creature sings all night long, has a bubble on its chin, can freeze like a popsicle in winter and miraculously comes back to life in early spring, and can help ...

Wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) exhibit an extraordinary capacity for freeze tolerance, an adaptation that enables survival despite the conversion of up to 65–70% of their total body water into ...

Imagine disliking winter so much that you appear to die when it begins, only to come back to life in the spring. That’s essentially what the incredible wood frog does (well, almost) to survive the ...

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