Amazing things happen in nature as spring begins. The weather changes, plants and trees begin to flourish, and animals start ...
Yesterday (3/4 – Monday) was the first day I heard the “spring peepers” or chorus frogs. They are among the first sounds of spring. In the evening…I sometimes walk out to the end of the driveway to ...
Spring peepers are tiny brown frogs that are currently creating a loud chorus in south-central Indiana wetlands. Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve is a prime location to listen to the frog chorus ...
Join Evie as she explores the fascinating world of Spring Peepers, those tiny frogs that f Join Evie as she explores the fascinating world of Spring Peepers, those tiny frogs that fill the air with ...
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 ...
Over the past week, hundreds of thousands of frogs stirred from hibernation and started traveling in large groups at night.
All over the world, amphibians are in decline. The reasons are legion: Wetland homes are drained; pesticides and herbicides interfere with their life cycles; invasive species introduced as pets bring ...
Beneath the strawberry moon in late June, we listened to green frogs belting out their banjo-like twang from a pond at Wright Woods near Vernon Hills. It was 10 p.m., and though the forest preserves ...