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 ...

Eager children clad in rain boots and warm jackets carried nets, buckets and flashlights on their quest to find frogs earlier this week in Mount Airy’s Windy Ridge Park. Their parents accompanied them ...

Spring peepers are tiny brown frogs that are currently creating a loud chorus in south-central Indiana wetlands. Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve is a prime location to listen to the frog chorus ...

One of the earliest signs of spring isn’t something you can see, feel, or touch. You probably won’t even hear it during the day. This harbinger of spring is heard in the evening, long before the last ...

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 ...

Spring peepers is Ohio's smallest native frog, but the chorus of high-pitched peeps the males make during mating season can be quite loud. The emergence of the spring peepers, which already can be ...

Their breeding choruses are a well-known harbinger of spring in New England, and you can hear them at a wetland near you. We’re talking about spring peepers and wood frogs. They, along with some ...

During a recent lecture on evolution, I had to explain the differences between three different processes known as geographic, temporal and behavioral isolation. Geographic isolation is the easiest of ...

Among the many sounds of spring are the chorus frogs – the “spring peepers”. In the evening…I sometimes walk out to the end of the driveway to check out the moon, the stars and listen to the sounds of ...

May 5—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, ...

SAGAMORE HILLS -- Especially after a long, hard winter, the song of a male spring peeper is a glorious sound. The tiny tree frog expands his throat, until it looks like someone blowing bubble gum. And ...