Tadpoles try to flee dangerous virus in their pond by growing much faster than normal, research shows
The world's amphibians are in trouble. Because of their sensitivity to climate change, habitat loss, and pollution, they may ...
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Egg mass (IMAGE)
An aggregation of wood frog egg masses in a pond following spring breeding. Wood frogs are explosive, synchronous breeders that arrive at temporary freshwater ponds soon after snowmelt to reproduce ...
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What happens to frogs and dragonflies when their pond disappears?
For some of this pond life, a temporary home suits their needs. Frogs and newts find temporary ponds a welcome place to breed and thrive without their eggs being eaten by more established life, such ...
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Indomitable Snow Frogs
As she lays eggs, he expels sperm to fertilize them. Though egg laying takes place in spring, frog pairs in mountain ponds can begin hibernation in amplexus—a months-long embrace that may ...
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Endangered Crawfish Frogs could return to Angel Mounds next year thanks to local, state efforts
In the late ‘80s, crawfish frogs mysteriously disappeared from the Angel Mounds State Historic Site in Vanderburgh County. Regionally, they’re a species of "greatest conservation need." ...
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What is a pond habitat?
Common frogs are well adapted to pond habitats ... Smooth newts lay their eggs in ponds in the summer. The female newt will carefully wrap each egg in a leaf of pond weed. They will spend most ...