The animal kingdom is full of fascinating tricks for enduring sub-freezing temperatures. Birds, for example, often just take ...
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 ...
HELENA - Grant Hokit's small office at Carroll College seems fit for a man who spends months in the field at a time, chasing a little green frog in the heart of the Alaska wilderness. His desk is ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you’ve ever been unable to find a bathroom in a moment of need, you know the gotta-go feeling. That’s nothing compared to the wood frog, which doesn’t urinate all winter. In ...
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 ...