Photos show the uniform black coloring of the ... usually pools or shallow waters,” but also a rice field, the study said. Females lay their eggs in late May, then the amphibians return to ...

AT ONE TIME. DOHERTY AND RICE FARMERS WOULD BURN THEIR FIELDS AFTER THE FALL HARVEST TO PREPARE FOR SPRING, BUT THAT PRACTICE WAS BANNED BY THE STATE IN THE EARLY 90S. AFTER 1991, WHEN THE LIMITED ...