When it comes to frog noises, most people’s knowledge basically begins and ends with the word “ribbit.” Should anyone want to change that sad reality, Smithsonian Folkways is here to help. The 75-year ...

CDR copy FW-ASCH-7RR-0747 consists of frog calls which were used in conjunction with a presentation entitled "Amphibean Calls and Their Significance," presented by Charles M. Bogert at an August 1954 ...

For those who listen, the song of spring peepers is more than background music—it’s understanding the secret lives of Northern Michigan frogs & toads. This story about taking a population census of ...

Just as each bird has a unique call, so does each frog. The call of the tiny boreal chorus frog sounds like someone running a thumbnail over the teeth of a pocket comb. An American toad emits a long ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. - Scientists in northern Minnesota are trying to decode frogs' sounds, to understand why the amphibians' populations have been shrinking. A Minnesota Public Radio report says from 2002 ...