Alaska frogs reach record lows in extreme temperature survival

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 07:30 in Biology & Nature

"Alaska wood frogs spend more time freezing and thawing outside than a steak does in your freezer, and the frog comes back to life in the spring in better shape than the steak," said the lead author on a recent paper demonstrating that freeze tolerance in Alaska wood frogs is more extreme than previously thought.

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