Vernal pools are seasonal bodies of water that provide critical breeding habitat for amphibians and insects. These pools cycle through wet, flowering, and dry phases, supporting a diverse range of ...

Fleeting woodland ponds teeming with fairy shrimp, fingernail clams and blue-spotted salamanders might sound straight out of a fantasy novel, but they’re actually an essential feature of Michigan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

Despite the vital role vernal pools play in woodland ecosystems, these temporary bodies of water and the many organisms that depend on them for survival may not be getting the protection they need.

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From a distance, a vernal pool doesn’t look like much: Just a shallow, murky pond, sometimes no bigger than a bedroom, with soggy edges surrounded by the still-brown woods of early Michigan springtime ...