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 ...

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 ...

Those may not be the words of Alfred Lord Tennyson but they ring true enough. For a diminutive animal, the size of a thumbnail, spring peepers make quite a bit of noise. A pond full of males peeping ...

Yesterday (3/4 – Monday) was the first day I heard the “spring peepers” or chorus frogs. They are among the first sounds of spring. In the evening…I sometimes walk out to the end of the driveway to ...

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.

LINCOLN ― Springtime is an exciting time for Vermonters who like to get outdoors and explore the state's wildlife. As the winter ice thaws, some popular creatures to look out for in Vermont are ...

SAGAMORE HILLS -- Especially after a long, hard winter, the song of a male spring peeper is a glorious sound. The tiny tree frog expands his throat, until it looks like someone blowing bubble gum. And ...

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," ...

Beneath the strawberry moon in late June, we listened to green frogs belting out their banjo-like twang from a pond at Wright Woods near Vernon Hills. It was 10 p.m., and though the forest preserves ...