The period from mid-March to mid-April is critical for the lifecycle of most amphibians. Many species of salamanders and ...

April showers bring May flowers. April showers also make frogs explode into a chorus after spring rain. These frogs are not simply croaking for communication. The loudest frogs are signaling that ...

Under the resonating booms of departing aircraft, clusters of creatures are celebrating spring at Beale Air Force Base. Chorus frog tadpoles wiggle, and predatory diving beetles plunge downward in ...

Puddle or vernal pool? Take a closer look to find out. Vernal pools, Michigan’s fantastical temporary wetlands, are teeming with life. They’ve earned the nickname, “powerhouse puddles” from the state ...

Powhatan State Park is hosting a vernal pool discovery event on Friday, where attendees can learn about the creatures that ...

BRIDPORT — On the hunt for a set of GPS coordinates, biologists from the Vermont Center for Ecostudies ambled up an untrailed slope of Addison County’s Snake Mountain in late April. After climbing ...

One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

Around these parts, they’re called wicked big puddles. Don’t let the name fool you, though. While vernal pools are really fun to explore, and you can see things there that you won’t find anywhere else ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2022. With spring underway, it’s time to take a look at an ecosystem that only lasts for a short period of time called a vernal pool. These bodies ...

Vernal pools are seasonal wetlands that can fill with water during winter and spring rains. As the water slowly evaporates from these shallow depressions in the land, rings of endemic and rare flowers ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife describes vernal pools as “depressions in areas where a hard underground layer prevents rainwater from draining downward into the subsoil.” There are ...

On a spring hike in the woods, one sure way to amaze a child (or a grownup!) is to discover a red eft along the trail. Glowing red-orange in the leaf litter, these tiny creatures light up the forest ...