Vernal ponds are a unique habitat favored by some amphibians The wild space housing the vernal ponds is located in Pittsford Despite holding water for months at a time, vernal ponds are not good ...

It was just a couple of weeks ago as I walked around on a mild WinSprin (winter-spring) day and I went to see how the local vernal ponds were doing. All were covered with ice, some even with a layer ...

Wildlife advocates want to build vernal ponds in Pittsford and need community help to create this ideal frog habitat. Funds to construct up to three of the ponds at Robert C. Corby Arboretum and ...

Fern, a spotted salamander, takes Nature Cat and his friends to a vernal pond. While playing in the woods, Nature Cat and his pals come across Fern, a spotted salamander who just so happens to be ...

Apr. 25—Each spring, usually during April, my walking takes me on a route where I visit about 10 vernal ponds. Often called "vernal pools," they tend to be small and shallow and show up in spring.

During the next couple of weeks, little pools of water in forested areas will be alive with the sounds of frogs. They’re gathering places for all kinds of critters who need these temporary shallow ...

I have a special fondness for a picturesque ecosystem called a “vernal pond.” It’s an ecosystem that occurs in several biomes. In the western U.S. it can be found in California’s central valley and ...

Legendary Broadway star Carole Demas (Grease-Original Sandy)), acclaimed Music Director and pianist Ian Herman, and award-winning Broadway, Concert, and Olympic sound engineer Stuart Allyn will come ...

SOUTHWICK — With vernal pools declining as a result of habitat loss, a state biologist recently visited a pool in the North Pond Conservation Area with over two dozen area residents to explain their ...