(Iowa Capital Dispatch) - Several times each summer, Iowans drive set routes at night and turn a discerning ear to the 16 unique frog and toad songs that can be heard across the state. The Iowa ...

Amazing things happen in nature as spring begins. The weather changes, plants and trees begin to flourish, and animals start to emerge from their hiding places. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife ...

Friends of the Rouge will teach volunteers on Saturday how to identify the sounds of eight local frog and toad species given that they're indicator of wetland health. The training session will take ...

IOWA, USA — Things are about to get froggy around Iowa! The Iowa DNR is looking for volunteers to participate in the annual frog and toad call survey. For the past 33 years, scientists and trained ...

Seven species of frogs and one toad make the Northland their home. Each lays its eggs in water. Some stay in the water, others go off to live on land for the rest of the year. All give calls and songs ...

As spring arrives, ponds across Champaign-Urbana come alive with the chorus of calls from frogs and toads. But for local volunteers, those sounds are more than background noise — they’re data. Now in ...

MARION — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is calling on citizen scientists to collect data on amphibians and will offer training on how to do so Feb. 3 at the Cache River Wetlands ...