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Frog Croaks Are Actually Temperature Readings

March 12, 2026

In California's high mountain lakes, male frogs are in a race against time with only three weeks to find a mate before the water refreezes. Their croak speed is a precise thermometer that tells females whether conditions are warm enough for eggs to survive. But climate change is shifting when these lakes thaw and freeze, throwing off timing fine tuned over millennia.