Every spring, visitors are serenaded by a chorus of frogs emanating from Stillman’s cattail marsh. And almost every person comments, “Listen to those spring peepers.” Guess what? Almost everyone who ...

April is such an amazing month of change and we have seen it again this year. Early, we had temperatures of less than 10 degrees and a week later, we climbed to 70 degrees. In this warmth, melting of ...

As winter approaches, the frog’s heart suspends, it ceases to breathe, and its body freezes through and through. When temperatures go up, the frog thaws out, its heart begins again, and it hops away ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. It looks dead for months, its body packed with ice. But ...

Spring peepers are tiny brown frogs that are currently creating a loud chorus in south-central Indiana wetlands. Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve is a prime location to listen to the frog chorus ...

Like you, from time to time I get asked to name my favorite musical albums. Among my list of Led Zeppelin and Van Morrison and Charlie Parker selections is one by Ray Anderson, the late University of ...