When it comes to frog noises, most people’s knowledge basically begins and ends with the word “ribbit.” Should anyone want to change that sad reality, Smithsonian Folkways is here to help. The 75-year ...

The northern leopard frog is often discussed as the earliest frog sound you'll hear when the temperatures begin to rise. The more frog calls you hear, the better the ecosystem. Many frog calls begin ...

A new AI tool that picks out bird and amphibian sounds in audio recordings could improve how ecologists monitor and study Canada's wildlife. After reading about her research, he connected with ...

Some frogs near roaring waterfalls have abandoned croaking as their main form of communication, turning instead to a strange, deliberate leg gesture that has puzzled researchers for years. What drives ...

A new study published in Nature Communications has identified sounds made by 53 species, many of which were previously thought to be mute. Fifty of the species were turtles, with tuataras (a kind of ...

Answering the (frog and toad) call: Here's how to volunteer for Iowa's annual amphibian survey For 33 years, the annual frog & toad call survey has trained volunteers on different amphibian sounds, to ...