Wood Frog (image)

Penn State

Caption

Frogs from ponds near highways show a dampened stress response and altered immune profile when experimentally exposed to noise compared to frogs from quiet ponds. This suggests that frogs from noisy ponds have adapted to reduce the negative effects of traffic noise.

Credit

Tracy Langkilde, Penn State

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