We know the long winter is finally loosening its grip on Yellowstone when we hear the sound of spring: boreal chorus frogs calling from snowmelt pools in the marshy areas near Yellowstone Lake, often ...

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 ...

This week I’m writing about things that go peep, croak and brr-wum in the night. If you’ve ever been near water at dusk or at night, you know what I’m talking about. We’re talking about frogs.

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 ...

Multiple species of frogs form loud groups on rainy winter nights, particularly in south Alabama. Winter breeding frogs like the Upland Chorus Frog, the Spring Peeper, Leopard Frogs and American Toads ...

Participants in a recent hike at Woodland Mound look for different types of amphibians making their annual migration to lay eggs in vernal pools. In the waning days of winter, as the temperatures ...

Ahhhh Spring! The thought of spring conjures up many sights, smells and sounds. After a long, hard winter, that red, red robin is a sight for frozen eyes to many and a sign of things to come for all.

Spring is filled with so many cool and interesting natural things. The earth is awaking after a long and frozen sleep. Each year I am surprised when I hear my first frogs calling. It always seems too ...

If you’re out on a walk in early spring and you happen to hear clucking, don’t start looking around for barnyard birds. The wood frog is one of the first frog species to emerge in late winter in the ...

Fun fact we just learned: The only frog in the world to actually go “ribbit” is right here in the Pacific Northwest. It’s called the Pacific chorus frog, and Washington made it the official state ...