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 ...

If you have a pond already, you might soon see frog spawn, as this is the time of year when females lay eggs. In the UK, we are most likely to see the common frog (Rana temporaria). Adults grow ...

That can add up to a potentially lethal result for the wood frog. In the study, the research team collected eggs from nine ponds and wetlands in New York state—all located near paved roads or ...

During "Environmental Connections" on 2/28/25, host Jasmin Singer discusses how a local conservation effort is restoring critical wetland habitats to protect amphibians, boost biodiversity, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover Nature this week with Missouri's Toads and frogs. You see and hear them near water and wooded areas, but how can you ...

Frogspawn are jelly-like frog eggs that appear at the edges of ponds and streams, and normally it is a sign spring has arrived, according to the National History Museum. An ecologist from Cornwall ...

They frequently deposit their eggs on the ground rather ... when constructing their nests. The frogs construct their nests on ...