All male frogs sing to attract mates, Maggie said, noting that each species has a distinctive song — the duck-like quack of the northern wood frog, the watery snore of a pickerel frog, and the ...

Question: About two months ago I found a tree frog in my parents backyard and was curious about the species of the frog. From what I can tell it appears to be a Gray Tree Frog however it is quite ...

It is good to go walking outdoors with family and friends. Other people often notice or comment on a thing I would have missed or taken for granted because I was preoccupied. Sometimes when I am ...

Much like Spider-Man, a gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor) can walk upside down on a smooth tree branch. This is thanks to its large, round toe pads that are equipped with special skin and mucous ...

"Errrrrrrrrt, errrrrrrrt" reverberated loudly from a small red maple tree along Brodhead Creek, just south of East Stroudsburg. This sound seems quite similar to the song of the very common ...

Climate change significantly threatens tree frogs by altering their habitats and breeding patterns, leading to population declines. Gray tree frogs, which freeze solid in winter using a natural ...

Q. I was surprised the other day to find a small gray frog in my watering can. I helped the frog get out, then filled the can with water and watered my flowers. The next day, the tiny frog had taken ...

Gray tree frogs are most active during the heat of summer and when humidity is high, so they have been thriving this summer in Oklahoma. If you are near shallow water where fallen wood or driftwood ...

New research out of the University of Missouri shows that when it comes to female mate preference in a certain species of tree frog, there may be more than meets the eye. Females may actually prefer ...

You should be so lucky. My home is not so much unlike yours. The front porch light attracts a horde of bothersome moths every evening. The challenge, of course, is to open the front door without also ...

Wood frogs — Lithobates sylvaticus, also known as Rana sylvatica — live farther north than any other amphibian, even beyond the Arctic Circle. Unlike most frogs, they don’t overwinter underwater. They ...