The morning is calm and cool as I walk to the lake for an early paddle. I quickly note that the lake level is up, thanks to recent July rainstorms. The floating circular leaves of white water lilies ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. Today's question comes from Andy, calling from Dover, New Hampshire. Alejandro Vélez: That is a ...

The spring continues to unfold ahead of schedule. This was seen in March when sap flowed at the beginning, crocuses bloomed by the middle, and the large number and variety of waterfowl were here by ...

Why did I hear some frogs singing the other day? Isn’t it still winter? Well, imagine for a minute that you’re a frog — not a prince; a frog. Throughout the fall, you’ve stuffed yourself full of ...

Researchers using an 'acoustic camera' discover how individual songs in an amphibian chorus influence mating in wood frogs. Researchers using advanced recording technology have identified how ...

For some people, spring begins with the sound of birds. For me, it’s frogs. All winter, in places that have real winters, frogs crouch hidden in the leaves, their outsides frozen so hard they’d make a ...

We humans have come up with some poetic collective nouns for animals. A murder of crows. A parliament of owls. Even a shrewdness of apes (now also the name of a band). So it seems we missed the ...

The recent rains has caused the frogs to sing in the night. Have you heard them? After one such night of singing I spied frog ...

Researchers using advanced recording technology have identified how individual songs in amphibian choruses may influence mating, according to a Dartmouth study. The study of wood frog choruses is ...