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 ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Now that it's warming up, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is looking for "froggers" to lend an ear to document frog and toad calls. The Wisconsin Frog and Toad Survey ...

Friends of the Rouge seeks volunteers for its annual survey to monitor the health of wetlands in the Rouge River watershed. Volunteers will be trained to identify frog and toad calls, as these ...

BAY MINETTE, Alabama – The incessant, high-pitched trill was obvious as soon as I opened the door to my house in Bay Minette shortly after daylight Wednesday. It took a few minutes to realize that it ...

Despite the name, the spring peeper is not the first frog Iowan's can expect to hear this year - that honor traditionally goes to the chorus frog. The difference is in the amphibian's call. The spring ...

Missouri frogs breed between February and July. Listen to clips from the Missouri Department of Conservation to hear the differences between the breeding calls of 16 frogs and toads. Click on the ...

The Southern leopard frog sounds like it's laughing when making its calls, and the spring peeper imitates the clucking of a chicken. When the green tree frog of Arkansas revs up, its croak sounds like ...

A fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus, approaches a Fitzinger's robber frog, Craugastor fitzingeri, in Panama. This species of bat eavesdrops on the mating calls that male frogs produce to attract ...