The frogs were all wrong. Located in a small pond in Henderson, Minn., the amphibians discovered by a middle school class had legs growing out of legs, missing eyes, bent spines and contorted jaws.
As colder weather sets in, the frogs then distribute extreme levels of glucose through their bodies, with it concentrating in the heart, liver, skeletal muscles and blood. Minnesota has four types of ...
If it quacks like a duck, it’s a wood frog. If it sounds like sleigh bells jingling, it’s a spring peeper. If it sounds like someone shaking ball bearings in a tin can, that’s a rare Blanchard’s ...
The Northland frogs began their calling in about mid-April. Tiny chorus frogs started with long drawn-out creeks. This was quickly followed by duck-like "glucking" sounds from wood frogs. Before the ...
In August 1995, a group of students from Minnesota New Country School in Le Sueur examined northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) while walking around a pond in Ney Wildlife Preserve east of Henderson.
The Department of Natural Resources' Nongame Wildlife Program is seeking volunteers to participate in the Minnesota Frog and Toad Calling Survey to help track population changes in the state's 14 frog ...