Zak Mertz holds a spring peeper frog, moments before setting it free next to a vernal pool in Weymouth, Mass. Inside the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth, Zak Mertz pointed to what he called a ...

Warm rain in the Hudson Valley signals the start of amphibian migration season. Frogs and salamanders leave forest shelters and travel to shallow breeding pools formed by snowmelt and rain. These ...

Amazing things happen in nature as spring begins. The weather changes, plants and trees begin to flourish, and animals start to emerge from their hiding places. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife ...

A Northern Spring Peeper crawling over a bed of moss. iSTOCK/COX A Northern Spring Peeper crawling over a bed of moss. iSTOCK/COX I’ve heard, or more accurately, read, that you can hear a lion’s roar ...

You might think the sounds you hear coming from wetlands are the distant quacking of ducks. You’d be wrong. Or you might think the evening chorus of chirping along the creek is produced by a flock of ...

Heralding the season’s arrival with a high-pitched chorus, spring peepers are a sure sign that winter is loosening its grip. Despite their diminutive size — often only about 1 inch — these tree frogs ...

Volunteers in New York help amphibians cross roads during spring migrations, reducing deaths from traffic. The project has recorded tens of thousands of animals, providing valuable long-term ...