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 ...

Twice a year, Linda Berker and her husband Donald James head out from their Lapeer County home in search of the croaking, chirping sounds of frogs. They drive to a few sites a mile apart from each ...

Like you, from time to time I get asked to name my favorite musical albums. Among my list of Led Zeppelin and Van Morrison and Charlie Parker selections is one by Ray Anderson, the late University of ...

Editor's note: Karen Glennemeier, a research biologist on Shedd Aquarium's freshwater research team, has decades of experience in amphibian research and habitat restoration. The scientist from ...

IOWA, USA — Things are about to get froggy around Iowa! The Iowa DNR is looking for volunteers to participate in the annual frog and toad call survey. For the past 33 years, scientists and trained ...

The Calvert Marine Museum’s Estuarine Biology Department has published findings from a 2025 study that used nighttime ...

From a shrill chirp to a banjo-like strum, frog and toad calls are much more nuanced than the “ribbit” sound many children are taught. For years, Maplewood volunteers have listened and documented the ...

The sounds of amphibians are altered by the increase in ambient temperature, a phenomenon that, in addition to interfering with reproductive behaviour, serves as an indicator of global warming.

Each spring, when the weather starts warming, Midlander Eldon Enger drives down dark country roads, getting out of his truck to check for frogs and toads nearby. Although it might sound like a kooky ...

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Summer is my favorite season, and the past few weekends have included seeing and hearing various frogs and toads. Earlier this month I had the opportunity ...

BETHANIA “That weird frog guy.” That’s how High Point native Stan Lake proudly refers to himself sometimes — “that weird frog guy.” It may sound, well, weird, but how else would you describe an avowed ...