Quick Take Wood frogs may travel up to a half mile to the vernal pool they were born in before participating in the spring ...

With the arising warmth on the mainland, season-harbingering spring peepers are already sounding off. Their piercing mating calls resonating even during near-freezing nights. Peepers are among the ...

Explosive breeding brings frogs and salamanders together in vernal pools for a brief, frantic window. Learn how it works.

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. Today's question comes from Andy, calling from Dover, New Hampshire. Alejandro Vélez: That is a ...

The life history of a canyon tree frog—a species of tree frog that can be found in the rocky plateau areas of Arizona—may not seem significant to the average person. But Heather Bateman, a professor ...

With a body the color of dead leaves and a black “mask” extending behind the eyes, the wood frog is unmistakable if you can actually find one. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON During a recent lecture ...

After a long and frigid winter, the sound of spring peepers singing from beaver bogs is a welcome one for New Englanders. But before frogs can start their songs, a massive migration has to take place.

Yesterday (3/4 – Monday) was the first day I heard the “spring peepers” or chorus frogs. They are among the first sounds of spring. In the evening…I sometimes walk out to the end of the driveway to ...

From sandhill cranes over the Rio Grande to canyon frogs in Havasu, explore the wild sounds that signal spring across the ...

The frog species sounds like a duck quacking and freezes solid each winter, according to wildlife experts.