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 ...

Spring has been trying to make its debut — a long overdue breakthrough for so many of us. While wind and rain have their way with us, the sounds of spring invade. Some of the sound is a bit like ...

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, melting of ...

Each spring as the snow and ice melts during the thawing month of April, they create ponds. Many of these vernal pools do not retain water for long afterward, but for now the Northland has a plethora ...

All over the world, amphibians are in decline. The reasons are legion: Wetland homes are drained; pesticides and herbicides interfere with their life cycles; invasive species introduced as pets bring ...

LANSING, MICH. -- If the sound of frogs singing their hearts out is one of your favorite signs of spring, you might be exactly who the Michigan DNR is seeking to help with its annual frog and toad ...

You can hear them on a mild spring night: what sounds like a flock of ducks, quack-quacking from a nearby freshwater pool. But these are not ducks, but wood frogs, calling out to invite females to ...