Peeper seekers, Gianna George, Mt. Airy, takes a photo of her children, Alaina, 3 and Grady, 5 prior to the search. Nearly 30 people gathered with buckets, nets and flashlights at East West Park in Mt ...

Bird sounds are among the best-known harbingers of spring in the wildlife world. However, in early spring, a small frog begins spreading the message of seasonal change at a time many birds are still ...

If you live in the eastern U.S. or Canada, you know it's spring when you hear the calls of the spring peeper, a tiny chorus frog with a high-pitched call. They are among the first frogs to announce ...

As temperatures climbed into the 70s last week, a familiar chorus filled the air in Central Maryland. The high-pitched call of the northern spring peeper — a tiny, brown tree frog, abundant in ponds ...

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 ...

Claim to fame: The northern spring peeper is one of the Ozarks’ well-known signs of spring because it is this region’s earliest-calling frog of spring. Although some Ozarkers have never seen a spring ...

Ahhhh Spring! The thought of spring conjures up many sights, smells and sounds. After a long, hard winter, that red, red robin is a sight for frozen eyes to many and a sign of things to come for all.

The spring peeper, Pseudacris crucifer, is a tiny chorus frog with a big voice. (Harvey Bird) Many people have heard spring peepers as they drive by wetlands in the early spring, but most people have ...

There are many natural signs and sounds that announce the arrival of spring, even when winter weather attempts to hang on well beyond the vernal equinox, the first day of spring. Although there are ...

A male spring peeper calls out for a mate. Screengrab from video by Oklahoma Department of Wildlife. You might not spot a spring peeper in the wild but you’d have no problem hearing one. The tiny tree ...