The spring peeper, Pseudacris crucifer, is a tiny chorus frog with a big voice. (Harvey Bird) Many people have heard spring peepers as they drive by wetlands in the early spring, but most people have ...

One of the earliest signs of spring isn’t something you can see, feel, or touch. You probably won’t even hear it during the day. This harbinger of spring is heard in the evening, long before the last ...

Claim to fame: The northern spring peeper is one of the Ozarks’ well-known signs of spring because it is this region’s earliest-calling frog of spring. Although some Ozarkers have never seen a spring ...

For some, it's the first pussy willow that marks spring. Not me. I have seen them in all their fullness in January and February. For others, it is seeing the first robin or bluebird. Not me. These ...