The amazing thing about the Northern cricket frog is that Rick Koval and I were able to find one period. The cricket frog is listed as a species of special concern and it is expected to be submitted ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Frogs are pretty impressive little creatures – but they don’t always tend to have accuracy and physics on their side when it ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Prey may use a variety of strategies to avoid predators, including behavioral modification and inducible defenses. For an inducible defense to evolve, one necessary component is that the defense must ...

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 ...

The way cricket frogs move across the surface of water has long been thought to resemble walking on water, but researchers have now discovered a different reality. Is walking on water possible for ...