Animals utilize many different forms of adaptation to aid in their survival. Some species rely on camouflage for protection, some rely on speed, while others rely on behavior. However, there is a ...

The northern cricket frog can appear in a variety of colors from grey to tan to greenish-tan to brown, with a white belly and sometimes an irregular green, yellow, orange, or brown stripe on its back.

A Blanchard’s cricket frog calls from a raft of lesser duckweed. The frog, listed as an endangered species in Wisconsin, has recently been documented in Trempealeau County for the first time since ...

Their movement is a form of "porpoising," leaping in and out of the water to travel Cricket frogs can’t walk (or hop) on water like once thought. Their bodies sink below the surface between successive ...

Whether it’s the deep “jug o’ rum” of the American bullfrog, the “peep, peep, peep” of the spring peeper or the “gick, gick, gick” of the northern cricket frog, give a listen and you'll hear nature’s ...

Is walking on water possible for frogs? Several species have fascinated observers with their abilities to skip side-to-side and leap into the air from the surface of a pond as if the water were land.

A study found that Blanchard's cricket frogs are highly sensitive to atrazine. When exposed, there were up to 55 percent fewer males than females compared with the control group, indicating that ...

After more than half a century, an endangered frog is back in western Wisconsin. The state Department of Natural Resources this summer recorded the distinct call of the Blanchard’s cricket frog in ...