Despite holding water for months at a time, vernal ponds are not good habitat for mosquitoes. Tucked into a picturesque corner of Pittsford is the Robert C. Corby Arboretum and Wildlife Sanctuary, an ...

In aquatic ecosystems, life is released from that constraint. Charles Darwin hypothesized that life might have begun in a “warm little pond”, because the availability of water, light and nutrients ...

Retired professor of herpetology at Northeastern State University, Mark Paulissen, emphasized the importance of frogs and toads to the ecosystem. The most beneficial thing about frogs is they eat ...

Crawfish frog numbers are on decline due to habitat loss. But scientists in Indiana are working to return species to a historic site.