The next time you declare that you are “freezing to death,” spare a thought for the wood frog who gets so cold in winter that ...

According to a study led by Don Larson of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) freeze up to 60 percent of their bodies during the long and extremely cold Alaskan ...

Unable to travel large distances to escape Canada's winter, wood frogs have developed one of the most incredible survival strategies. They freeze. As winter comes, they hunker down just under the ...

Masters of Winter Sleep Wood frogs are some of the hardiest creatures on the planet, capable of surviving temperatures that dip below freezing. Native to North America, these little amphibians undergo ...

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 ...

How do wood frogs survive being frozen in winter? By living under the snow surface. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Rock hard and icy to the touch, this speckled North American wood frog is frozen alive at –2?°C, and has been so for the last 24 hours. Then Jon Costanzo adjusts the temperature of the terrarium, and ...

“Tomorrow morning we’ll have frog — fog and freezing that is, difficult to say.” And so it goes on live TV at times, and I’ll say we’ll have perhaps more frog this week, ha-h ...

The proteins bind to ice crystals in their blood, preventing the fish from freezing. This adaptation ... where it gets very hot and dry. When a frog is out of the water, mucus on its skin helps ...