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For several years, two close friends, now both deceased, would join me to go birding in early May along the coast. We would take Route 2. It was customary to stop at the French King Bridge, spanning ...

We heard frogs a lot in spring. A trio began calling as soon as the ice went out. Two tiny ones - chorus frogs and spring peepers - woke from a hibernation to quickly find open water and begin their ...

The frog season began late this spring. Like other vernal happenings, they were about one week behind the usual time. I did not hear any frogs calling until April 15, with the full chorus of the early ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. Today's question comes from Andy, calling from Dover, New Hampshire. Alejandro Vélez: That is a ...

Each spring, when the weather starts warming, Midlander Eldon Enger drives down dark country roads, getting out of his truck to check for frogs and toads nearby. Although it might sound like a kooky ...

Two related frog species differ by chromosome number, which deepened one species's calls and tells the females who's who. Steve Mirsky reports The eastern grey tree frog (sound) looks exactly like the ...

The eastern grey tree frog (sound) looks exactly like the closely related Cope’s grey tree frog (sound). The big difference between the two species is beneath the surface—the eastern has twice the ...