Male Chinese frog attracts mates with warbling melodies. One memorable night, Albert S. Feng and his colleagues went down to the bank of China's Tao Hua Creek to investigate some high-pitched ...

An international team of researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs that make otherworldly calls in the rainforests of Madagascar. Their strange, high-pitched whistling calls sound ...

With a body the color of dead leaves and a black “mask” extending behind the eyes, the wood frog is unmistakable if you can actually find one. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON During a recent lecture ...

A study uncovers potential drivers and mechanisms of genome reduction in frogs with small genomes. Genome size varies across the tree of life, with frogs and birds possessing relatively large and ...

Charles Seabrook’s “Wild Georgia” column appears weekly in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. If you’re near a temporary, rain-filled pond or large puddle in North Georgia’s woods this time of year, ...

Everything a kitten does is the cutest thing in the world. It really doesn't matter what they're doing—it's top-notch content, forevermore. If you add to that how adorable they are, or the sound of ...

If you’re out on a walk in early spring and you happen to hear clucking, don’t start looking around for barnyard birds. The wood frog is one of the first frog species to emerge in late winter in the ...

A new study of a fossilized ankylosaur suggests it could have uttered birdlike calls. By Carolyn Wilke In the next generation of dinosaur-based blockbuster films, some of the star creatures could ...

Say ‘scat’ to a cat and it runs away. Say ‘scat’ to a catbird and it starts to improvise. It’s a hepcat bird. These all-gray bird, black-beret-wearing birds can sing for minutes at a time, although it ...

Most birds stop singing when the sun goes down, but for some, the concert is just starting. Hearing birds sing at night is an ...