I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Summer is my favorite season, and the past few weekends have included seeing and hearing various frogs and toads. Why scientists in South America are ...

Fewer than 100 of the creatures that make the distinct call survive in the wild.

AGASSIZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Minn. -- The sun was just a dimming red ball on the western horizon when Maggie Anderson stepped out of the truck to hear what she could hear. The sky overhead was ...

Editor's note: Karen Glennemeier, a research biologist on Shedd Aquarium's freshwater research team, has decades of experience in amphibian research and habitat restoration. The scientist from ...

Twice a year, Linda Berker and her husband Donald James head out from their Lapeer County home in search of the croaking, chirping sounds of frogs. They drive to a few sites a mile apart from each ...

LAKELAND | Garrett Christ leans against the railing of the boardwalk at Lakeland Highlands Scrub and waits. Suddenly, the sharp call of a pinewoods tree frog erupts from a nearby stand of saw palmetto ...

Common toads, with their heavy-set bodies and short limbs, are regarded as typical terrestrial amphibians. “There is no shortage of papers on common toads; they are a very well-studied species,” says ...

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 ...