With a body the color of dead leaves and a black “mask” extending behind the eyes, the wood frog is unmistakable if you can actually find one. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON During a recent lecture ...

They used to be classified in the same family as what we call tree frogs, like the Grey Treefrog (another great noisy animal) in genus Hyla, but have been recently reclassified to the genus Pseudacris ...

Their breeding choruses are a well-known harbinger of spring in New England, and you can hear them at a wetland near you. We’re talking about spring peepers and wood frogs. They, along with some ...

For some, robins are the first sign of spring. But the changing of the seasons may be more accurately forecast by songs from a wet forest floor. On a warm night, wander near any fresh water and you’ll ...

SAGAMORE HILLS -- Especially after a long, hard winter, the song of a male spring peeper is a glorious sound. The tiny tree frog expands his throat, until it looks like someone blowing bubble gum. And ...

In any neighborhood in spring where there’s a spit — or maybe a bit more — of water, you might hear an unusual sound as if someone were rubbing a thumb against the teeth of a comb. The sound ...

Yesterday (3/4 – Monday) was the first day I heard the “spring peepers” or chorus frogs. They are among the first sounds of spring. In the evening…I sometimes walk out to the end of the driveway to ...

Following up on the World Around You feature from last Sunday about spring peeper tree frogs, a reader asked if I would find the small noisy spring frogs first to speak up around the Tulsa area — ...

Late April is when we reach 14 hours of daylight, with the sun rising at 6 a.m. and setting at 8 p.m. With the pace of spring picking up, there is plenty to see during these hours. Trees continue ...