Question: About two months ago I found a tree frog in my parents backyard and was curious about the species of the frog. From what I can tell it appears to be a Gray Tree Frog however it is quite ...

Many creatures can be found in the milkweed, from monarchs to milkweed beetles, from aphids to lady beetles. Birds, such as the yellow warbler and the indigo bunting, often use milkweed seeds as ...

Spring and most of summer have been monsoon season in the Columbus area. Average rainfall from April until now has been well above average. During a stretch in June, rain fell on 19 consecutive days.

The tiny charismatic frog is just one of thousands. Not long ago, herpetologist and lifelong frog collector Devin Edmonds spent hours with colleagues scouring nearly 8,500 listings such as these on ...

A team of biologists in Honduras are racing to protect these rare amphibians from extinction due to a deadly disease Honduras Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Center from Garrett and Garrett ...

I saw the beautiful frog and muttered to myself "safe in the arms of mother duck." I then chuckled, thinking how that might sound, as ducks are known to eat frogs. In this case, however, all was well ...

A curious aspect of tree frogs is that they often lay their eggs on the ground where the risk of predation by natural enemies is greater than in the trees where they live. A research team suggested ...

Carlos Taboada, a herpetologist at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, co-author of the study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frogs have long held a bad rap (at least among some people) for being slimy, even scary, critters, but that's not very fair to ...

DEAR JOAN: My husband and I emptied our in-ground pool this past summer in preparation for resurfacing. Of course, the rain has produced somewhat of a pond environment. Lately, we have had the ...