To find her mate amidst a cacophony of frog croaks, groans, squeaks and trills, a female green tree frog just needs to take a deep breath. “We think the lungs are working a bit like some ...

The American green tree frog is native to the part of the U.S. known as the Deep South. Southeast Missouri is at the northwestern limit of this little frog's range. Look for American green tree frogs ...

Recently I visited a wonderful place called the Cape County Conservation Nature Center. While there I photographed these two complacent frogs. The frog on top is a gray tree frog. The one it is ...

For frogs, love is noisy. Each spring, swamps, marshes and ponds across the United States become the amphibian equivalent of raucous singles bars as a host of damp-skinned hopefuls from many species ...

Kelly Norrid, a Houston-area wildlife biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, says blame it on the consistent rainfall the area has seen lately. "It’s not surprising that you’re seeing ...

Female American green tree frogs use their inflated lungs to dampen the mating calls of other species so they can pick out the ones from males they may mate with. Male frogs use mating calls, ranging ...

March 4 (UPI) --Frog lungs work kind of like noise cancelling headphones, according to a new study, helping females drown out the overwhelming cacophony of competing mating calls. The new findings, ...

Recently I had an opportunity to take pictures of green frogs at eye level. Green frogs (Lithobates clamitans) are a common frog here in Pennsylvania. They usually hang around ponds, lakes, ...

As we exit this awesome month of August, the world of nature continues to be filled with varied and interesting happenings. For the first time since mid-April, we have a setting sun before 8 p.m. The ...