If you’re out on a walk in early spring and you happen to hear clucking, don’t start looking around for barnyard birds. The wood frog is one of the first frog species to emerge in late winter in the ...

When it comes to frog noises, most people’s knowledge basically begins and ends with the word “ribbit.” Should anyone want to change that sad reality, Smithsonian Folkways is here to help. The 75-year ...

For those who listen, the song of spring peepers is more than background music—it’s understanding the secret lives of Northern Michigan frogs & toads. This story about taking a population census of ...

copy of tape 747 FW-ASCH-7RR-0747 consists of frog calls which were used in conjunction with a presentation entitled "Amphibean Calls and Their Significance," presented by Charles M. Bogert at an ...

Just as each bird has a unique call, so does each frog. The call of the tiny boreal chorus frog sounds like someone running a thumbnail over the teeth of a pocket comb. An American toad emits a long ...

Do you know your croaks from your ribbits? A peeper from a leopard? If you do, Hartley Nature Center needs you. Even if you don't, come on down. The center will hold a frog-listening class Tuesday for ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. - Scientists in northern Minnesota are trying to decode frogs' sounds, to understand why the amphibians' populations have been shrinking. A Minnesota Public Radio report says from 2002 ...