Spring peepers! For those who have never heard them, they are quite a surprise. A slow hum coming from a wooded glen, gradually increasing to a loud cacophony. The sound that comes from this ...

There are many visual signs of spring — green grass, trees budding, flowers blooming and rhubarb emerging — but a sure indication that the seasons have changed comes from listening. Former La Crosse ...

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, ...

One of the season’s leading themes was “fashion as feeling”—a fitting sentiment not only captured in the movement of the clothes (the fringe! the feathers! the frothy lace!) as designers experimented ...

Scientists have newly described three extraordinary species of tree toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females give birth on land to dozens of toadlets, each measuring just a few ...

Three newly-identified toad species in Tanzania give birth to live young, skipping the frogspawn and tadpole stages — an "exceptionally rare" trait among toads and frogs. When you purchase through ...

An international team of researchers have identified three new species of enchanting, pustular, tree-dwelling toads from Africa. Their solution for having offspring away from water? Skipping the ...

Some tadpoles break the rules of biology. Instead of developing lungs as they grow, they lose them entirely and still manage to survive. A recent study from Cornell University found that these ...

After a long, lingering, warm September, autumn is in full fig! Leaves are turning, a little muted this year from the lack of rain. The old sugar maples in front of the house haven’t a speck of ...

A Spring Peeper, one of the costumed animals that will educate of its life at the Audubon Community Nature Center’s enchanted forest. Submitted photo The Audubon Community Nature Center will be ...

A leaf-peeper enjoying autumn in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains encountered an unexpected obstacle when he found the scenic road ahead of him blocked by what he called an “endless” flock of sheep. Footage ...