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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A coqui frog's mating call slices silence. Measured at 90 decibels up close, it can reach the sound level of a lawn mower. The distinctive two-tone KO-KEE chirp belongs to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Of the animals discovered, 50 spider species, three frogs and a gecko appear to have never been described in scientific literature before, said Conservation International. The Washington DC-based ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Albany-AP) --The retching sound of the Eastern Spadefoot Toad and the monotonous jug o'rum call of the bullfrog are featured on a new C-D devoted to the romantic bellowing of frogs. The ...