Editor's note: Karen Glennemeier, a research biologist on Shedd Aquarium's freshwater research team, has decades of experience in amphibian research and habitat restoration. The scientist from ...

Twice a year, Linda Berker and her husband Donald James head out from their Lapeer County home in search of the croaking, chirping sounds of frogs. They drive to a few sites a mile apart from each ...

More than 7,000 species of frogs hop, climb and perch around our world—which means more than 7,000 unique frog calls permeate ...

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Summer is my favorite season, and the past few weekends have included seeing and hearing various frogs and toads. Earlier this month I had the opportunity ...

With a body the color of dead leaves and a black “mask” extending behind the eyes, the wood frog is unmistakable if you can actually find one. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON During a recent lecture ...

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 ...

Researchers have enlisted citizen scientists—regular people like me and, maybe, you, too!—to help crowdsource important data for years now. Founded in 1998, FrogWatch USA is one of the longest-running ...

It started out as a single guttural low call, one that immediately had us reaching for our phones to identify it. We were birding at Patagonia Lake in southeast Arizona last week, and since we were ...

For us humans, having a conversation in a crowded room is challenging – it’s often called the cocktail party problem. The mix of sounds arriving at our eardrums needs to be analyzed to pick out the ...

A calling male túngara frog with a large inflated vocal sac. By 2050, almost 70 percent of the world’s population will live in urban environments, according to the United Nations. But as cities spread ...

Although it might sound like a kooky way to spend a warm evening, Enger performs a valuable service for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources by helping determine the state s frog and toad ...