After more than half a century, an endangered frog is back in western Wisconsin. The state Department of Natural Resources this summer recorded the distinct call of the Blanchard’s cricket frog in ...
Tiny and in trouble: They’re small in stature—about an inch in length—and distressingly few in number. The northern cricket frog, which makes its home in the wetlands of the Lower Hudson Valley and ...
Most people have likely never seen a Blanchard’s cricket frog. They’re hard to find. For one thing, they’re only an inch long. “They’re tiny little guys,” said Wisconsin Department of Natural ...
Claim to fame: The “gick-gick” call of the male Blanchard’s cricket frog is a common sound day or night around bodies of water throughout this area at this time of year. These small frogs are found on ...
FLORIDA — There's a major new power in south Orange County — the northern cricket frog. In recent months, the frog — a state endangered species — has stalled two major development projects near ...
Whether it’s the deep “jug o’ rum” of the American bullfrog, the “peep, peep, peep” of the spring peeper or the “gick, gick, gick” of the northern cricket frog, give a listen and you'll hear nature’s ...
A Blanchard's cricket frog is a tiny tree frog that was once common in Northern Ohio, but now only found in small pockets of habitat. A research team is studying the cause of the huge population ...
Is walking on water possible for frogs? Several species have fascinated observers with their abilities to skip side-to-side and leap into the air from the surface of a pond as if the water were land.
Researchers have uncovered a unique movement skill ‘fast-moving belly flops’ in cricket frogs, a species native to Virginia and North Carolina. This unique skill helps them to leap multiple times in ...