For some people, spring begins with the sound of birds. For me, it’s frogs. All winter, in places that have real winters, frogs crouch hidden in the leaves, their outsides frozen so hard they’d make a ...

The spring continues to unfold ahead of schedule. This was seen in March when sap flowed at the beginning, crocuses bloomed by the middle, and the large number and variety of waterfowl were here by ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — City frogs and rainforest frogs don’t sing the same tune, researchers have found. A study released Monday examined why Panama’s tiny tungara frogs adapt their mating calls in urban areas ...

THREE FORKS, Mont. — At the Ott-Kimm Conservatory in Three Forks, the senses of sight, sound and smell are magnified. It's a place where life forms come together in what some have called the Circle of ...

The creators of Birds Build Nests return to the field, this time melding verse of varying quality with painstakingly realistic watercolors of approximately 15 species of frogs. The rhyming narrative ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. Today's question comes from Andy, calling from Dover, New Hampshire. Alejandro Vélez: That is a ...

I enjoy cracking my bedroom window at night to let some fresh air in and to cool down the room for sleeping. This means I hear a lot of things going on outside my home. In summer I can hear barred ...

We humans have come up with some poetic collective nouns for animals. A murder of crows. A parliament of owls. Even a shrewdness of apes (now also the name of a band). So it seems we missed the ...

I enjoy cracking my bedroom window at night to let some fresh air in and to cool down the room for sleeping. This means I hear a lot of things going on outside my home. In summer I can hear barred ...