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 ...

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 ...

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, external. An ecologist ...

Toads are amphibians that live in ponds and hibernate in winter. Toads are usually larger than frogs and have dry, bumpy skin, and short legs. Both toads and frogs lay eggs protected by jelly ...