As winters grow milder, gray tree frogs still follow fixed daylight cues, burning energy for a freeze that may never arrive.

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 its heart stops beating – but it does not die. Once the spring thaw ...

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 ...

Even as autumn days grow shorter, a warming climate means Ohio winters aren't as cold as they were just a few decades ago, ...

A Dec. 12 Metro article about animals that freeze solid incorrectly said that spring peepers and gray tree frogs lose their ability to freeze as they age. The animals keep that ability into adulthood.

Even as autumn days grow shorter, a warming climate means Ohio winters aren't as cold as they were just a few decades ago, ...

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 ...

Whether it’s the tiny tardigrade defying the void of space or the wood frog rising from frozen state, these creatures remind ...

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