The spring continues to unfold ahead of schedule. This was seen in March when sap flowed at the beginning, crocuses bloomed by the middle, and the large number and variety of waterfowl were here by ...

Researchers using advanced recording technology have identified how individual songs in amphibian choruses may influence mating, according to a Dartmouth study. The study of wood frog choruses is ...

Every spring, visitors are serenaded by a chorus of frogs emanating from Stillman’s cattail marsh. And almost every person comments, “Listen to those spring peepers.” Guess what? Almost everyone who ...

April is such an amazing month of change and we have seen it again this year. Early, we had temperatures of less than 10 degrees and a week later, we climbed to 70 degrees. In this warmth, melting of ...

Silent night? Not in many parts of Alabama that are home to chorus frogs. The Ornate Chorus frog has black splotches and a distinct call. Its prime breeding time is December. “It’s just a real sharp, ...

In any neighborhood in spring where there’s a spit — or maybe a bit more — of water, you might hear an unusual sound as if someone were rubbing a thumb against the teeth of a comb. The sound ...

You can hear the choruses of male wood frogs in vernal pools during the early spring. It’s not the birds or the bees in this story. It’s actually frogs. Wood frogs, it turns out, start their mating ...

Frogs and toads fill the air with a loud chorus on summer evenings, especially following wet weather. But you may have to see them with your ears! Our house cat, Socks, sits on a window ledge next to ...

Researchers using an 'acoustic camera' discover how individual songs in an amphibian chorus influence mating in wood frogs. Researchers using advanced recording technology have identified how ...