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 ...

Winter-weary folks longing for spring might seek signs in everything from bird songs to early blooming flowers to migrating ducks bobbing through the clouds on warming winds. For Matthew McCort, it’s ...

A camouflaged spring peeper clings to the stem of a plant as its vocal sac slightly protrudes from its neck. Listen for the calls of spring peepers this week as these harbingers of spring emerge and ...

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 ...

Northeastern Minnesota is the home of a low number of reptiles and amphibians (herps). Among reptiles, two kinds of snakes ...

Step outside at night. A chorus of frogs can now be heard across much of the area -- their bird-like peeping a sure sign of spring. Found in wooded areas and grassy lowlands near ponds, these ...

Standing waist-deep in a vernal pool at midnight, I don’t know which is colder, the 40-degree late March air, or the frigid water. My rubber chest waders keep me dry, but don’t provide much protection ...

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 ...

Volunteers in New York help amphibians cross roads during spring migrations, reducing deaths from traffic. The project has recorded tens of thousands of animals, providing valuable long-term ...