2025 begins as the fourth consecutive New Year’s Day with the Green Frogs out and about in the water garden at susquehannawildlife.net headquarters. As colder weather arrives during the next 48 hours, these native amphibians will retreat to the bottom of the ponds and become motionless. The breathing of atmospheric air through their lungs will cease and they will instead exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide by diffusion through their skin. During this time, the pond must not freeze all the way to the bottom and dissolved oxygen levels in the water beneath the ice must remain sufficient to support the hibernating frogs and other life.
