Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) male calls at Washington state's Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Cyril Ruoso, ...

The northern leopard frog is often discussed as the earliest frog sound you'll hear when the temperatures begin to rise. The more frog calls you hear, the better the ecosystem. Many frog calls begin ...

A new study reports that city frogs sing more complex and attractive songs than their country cousins. Urban frogs can get away with producing more conspicuous mating calls, which are preferred by ...

We all know the familiar "ribbit" of a frog call, but did you know that individual frogs have distinct accents? Researchers at UNSW Sydney and the Australian Museum have used data collected by citizen ...

A new CD has received unlikely attention. Scott Simon speaks with Linda Tesauro, executive director of the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, about her organization's well-publicized ...

When the time is right, a good love song can make all the difference. A study from the University of California, Davis, found that temperature affects the sound and quality of male frogs’ mating calls ...

Seven species of frogs and one toad make the Northland their home. Each lays its eggs in water. Some stay in the water, others go off to live on land for the rest of the year. All give calls and songs ...

THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, Calif. — The scientist traipses to a pond wearing rubber boots but he doesn’t enter the water. Instead, Brad Hollingsworth squats next to its swampy edge and ...

Amazing things happen in nature as spring begins. The weather changes, plants and trees begin to flourish, and animals start to emerge from their hiding places. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife ...