It might appear to be coincidental, even magical, how frogs always seem to pop up right after rain, but there is a good explanation as to why this happens and why it should not necessarily be ...

An effort to save an endangered aquatic frog has brought together private landowners, an assortment of conservation groups, and federal and state agencies. The Oregon spotted frog is olive or red with ...

All over the world, frogs are being wiped out by the chytrid fungus. At least 500 species have declined, including as many as 90 species now presumed extinct. This catastrophic and ongoing ...

A rubber-legged Cyclops stalked the water’s shallow banks in the night. Thomas Mitchell, president of the Frog Gigging Club at Virginia Tech, sloshed along the pond’s edge wearing chest-high waders ...

On a wintry day, I visited a stand of ponderosa pines, but had to walk briskly to keep warm. Chickadees and nuthatches flitted busily about, harvesting anything they could find. In my managed state of ...

From a shrill chirp to a banjo-like strum, frog and toad calls are much more nuanced than the “ribbit” sound many children are taught. For years, Maplewood volunteers have listened and documented the ...

Get to know these tremendously cute frogs, from the glass frog to the common coquí. With their big eyes and bulbous bodies, frogs are the most adorable of the amphibians. But frogs are also a whole ...