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 ...

A tiny peeper, aka pseudacris crucifer, makes a huge noise. This episode was first heard in March 2018 and was produced by Andrew Parrella. It’s an unmistakable sound; one that elicits memories, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The raucous noise from a pond full of spring peepers is a sound that many Prince Edward Islanders anticipate with longing as the snow begins to melt. "It's always exciting to hear them in the spring," ...

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 ...

It’s an unmistakable sound. One that elicits memories, sights and scents of events long ago. It recalls the joy of youth, the possibility of a spring evening. But it can also incite insomnia and the ...