Dan Wells, professor of biology and biochemistry at the University of Houston, and his team are rummaging the campus undergrowth this summer in search of the Rio Grande chirping frog. The tiny ...

HOUSTON, June 18, 2003 – On warm summer nights, biologists armed with nothing more than flashlights listen, crawl and search for one University of Houston campus resident that may, one day, yield new ...

MOSS BLUFF, La. (AP) — Fifth-grader A.J. Williams of Moss Bluff already has a scientific publication to his credit. The 126-word-long geographic distribution note in “Herpetology Review” reports that ...

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 ...

As a general rule, frogs are thought to be differentiated from toads (among other things) by the fact that frogs typically live in permanent bodies of water, while the habitats toads select is less ...

Scientists followed a chirping sound in a Madagascar forest to a “secretive” creature and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Walking through a dark misty forest in ...

As a general rule, frogs are thought to be differentiated from toads (among other things) by the fact that they typically live in permanent bodies of water, while the habitats that toads select are ...

LIHUE >> A little problem with loud consequences was captured at a Lihue residence last week, most likely a stowaway in a car recently brought from Hawaii island. The male coqui frog was heard ...

A Brazilian torrent frog stakes his small claim by the side of the stream, where he spends the day uttering a high-pitched chirp. When a rival male gets too close, he lets out a series of peeps and ...

Alex asks: I have not heard any coqui frogs on my property for several months. I thought we had got rid of them all. Now I am hearing them again. I want to get rid of them. What’s the latest advice on ...