When a Chiricahua leopard frog wants attention, it snores — at least, its distinctive call sounds like a snore. But the sound of snoring around desert streams, springs and even stock tanks is a lot ...

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 ...

This week I’m writing about things that go peep, croak and brr-wum in the night. If you’ve ever been near water at dusk or at night, you know what I’m talking about. We’re talking about frogs.

Even now, many decades removed from me being a child, I can remember the sights and sounds of my excursions into the natural world. These excursions were usually centered around water, a true ...

Not long after ice out — usually early to mid-April — a procession of peeps, trills, chuckles, chortles, snores and bellows begins in the Northern Michigan outdoors. These are not the sounds of humans ...

Spring is filled with so many cool and interesting natural things. The earth is awaking after a long and frozen sleep. Each year I am surprised when I hear my first frogs calling. It always seems too ...

This is exactly how we introduce frogs to the younger students who come to amphibian-related field trips at Woodland Dunes. Frogs are probably one of the more widely known animals that live in a ...

Not long after the snow melts a procession of peeps, trills, chuckles, chortles, snores and bellows begins in the mid-Michigan outdoors. These are not the sounds of humans recovering from serious ...