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Summer evenings, particularly after a rain storm, bring a chorus of frogs and toads with an oddly pleasing harmony of bleats, rattles, trills and chirps. Frogs and toads singing in unison create a ...

During a recent lecture on evolution, I had to explain the differences between three different processes known as geographic, temporal and behavioral isolation. Geographic isolation is the easiest of ...

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 ...

Two years ago we read a disquieting statement in the New York Times. The writer recommended: “… go for a walk or a drive while listening to “Slow Radio,” a very soothing BBC podcast featuring sounds ...

For some people, spring begins with the sound of birds. For me, it’s frogs. All winter, in places that have real winters, frogs crouch hidden in the leaves, their outsides frozen so hard they’d make a ...

A green frog rests in the shallow stream of clear water that drains out of my meadow. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON For most people, Memorial Day marks the first day of summer. The official first ...

New understanding of how female tungara frogs sort out the din of multiple males singing may lead to insights into human hearing, according to a new study in Nature Communications. “An important ...

CAIMITO, Puerto Rico — The resounding calls of “ko-KEE, ko-KEE” ring out in a cadence that brings music to Puerto Rican nights. The tiny frog that produces the melody is named coqui after its ...

A frog in Anhui Province in China warbles and flutes with so much versatility that researchers, upon first hearing it, couldn’t believe it was what it is. Frog calls rarely show a lot of diversity, ...

It may have been a bit cooler and later than normal, but our spring did unfold to give us nearly all of the happenings that we expect for the season. Recent warm temperatures may make us forget the ...