Despite the name, the spring peeper is not the first frog Iowan's can expect to hear this year - that honor traditionally goes to the chorus frog. The difference is in the amphibian's call. The spring ...

In our area, there are only two large frogs that you are likely to find in the warm waters of a lily pond — the green frog (Rana clamitans melanota) and the bullfrog (R. catesbeiana). The biggest ...

Globally, 41% amphibian species are regarded as threatened with extinction. However, when it comes to the case of India, the majority of the species falls in the Data Deficient group, according to the ...

Whether it’s the deep “jug o’ rum” of the American bullfrog, the “peep, peep, peep” of the spring peeper or the “gick, gick, gick” of the northern cricket frog, give a listen and you'll hear nature’s ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Kennebec Estuary Land Trust in Bath is hosting a free lecture via Zoom on ...

Can you hear it in the air? The frogs are awakening from their winter slumber. Join staff and naturalists at Green Valleys Watershed Association at Welkinweir to learn the basics of identifying frogs ...

Friends of the Rouge seeks volunteers for its annual survey to monitor the health of wetlands in the Rouge River watershed. Volunteers will be trained to identify frog and toad calls, as these ...

A decades-old mix-up in a museum collection led scientists to mistakenly identify a Peruvian poison frog as a new species.

ANN ARBOR – Want to get outside and try something different this spring? The city of Ann Arbor’s Natural Area Preservation is searching for volunteers to help monitor frog, toad and salamander ...

Fight or flight. They’re basic animal responses once considered purely instinctual—or perhaps strictly a natural learning process—but they may actually be a combination of the two. According to ...