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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. It looks dead for months, its body packed with ice. But ...

ALTOS DE CAMPANA NATIONAL PARK, Panama — Brian Gratwicke’s lunch box was full of frogs. Kneeling on the muddy rainforest floor, the biologist opened his red Coleman cooler and scooped one up. It was a ...

Eli Bieri has received funding from philanthropic agencies to support his PhD research. Jodi Rowley is the Lead Scientist of the Australian Museum's citizen science project, FrogID. She has received ...

[Foreign Language] Good morning, and welcome to Chorus' 2025 Annual Shareholders Meeting. I'm Mark Cross, Chorus' Chair. We're joining you virtually this morning from the Chorus Network Lab in ...

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra performed former composer-in-residence Angelica Negron's world premier of a work for orchestra, chorus and vocalists in honor of the orchestra's 125th anniversary at the ...

As night settled across a large island in Southeast Asia, several golden creatures gathered near a puddle and began “calling very loudly” as part of an “explosive breeding” event. The sound caught the ...

As the year begins in the city’s public school system, students and their parents have to adjust to a smartphone ban. The phones must be stored in pouches or lockers. By James Barron Good morning.

The Atlantic Coast leopard frog, first identified in an industrial section of Staten Island in 2012, is now on the state’s endangered species list. Conservation groups see an opportunity. By Aaron ...

THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, Calif. — The scientist traipses to a pond wearing rubber boots but he doesn’t enter the water. Instead, Brad Hollingsworth squats next to its swampy edge and ...

THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Efforts to restore the red-legged frog to Southern California, where it had all but disappeared, seemed doomed when the COVID-19 pandemic ...