Summer evenings, particularly after a rain storm, bring a chorus of frogs and toads with an oddly pleasing harmony of bleats, rattles, trills and chirps. Frogs and toads singing in unison create a ...
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 ...
Male Sierran chorus frogs change their breeding calls depending on the temperature, a UC Davis study found. (BenderPhoto, Getty Images) When the time is right, a good love song can make all the ...
A green frog rests in the shallow stream of clear water that drains out of my meadow. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON For most people, Memorial Day marks the first day of summer. The official first ...
A frog in Anhui Province in China warbles and flutes with so much versatility that researchers, upon first hearing it, couldn’t believe it was what it is. Frog calls rarely show a lot of diversity, ...
Researchers using advanced recording technology have identified how individual songs in amphibian choruses may influence mating, according to a Dartmouth study. The study of wood frog choruses is ...
Wood frogs are the only amphibians to inhabit Alaska north of the Southeast Panhandle region. And they survive long, harsh winters by entering a state of suspended animation. In essence, their bodies ...
When the time is right, a good love song can make all the difference. A study from UC Davis found that temperature affects the sound and quality of male frogs’ mating calls. In the colder, early weeks ...
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