You can hear it in the morning and the evening. It comes from trees, behind bushes and under leaves. Ribbit. Ribbit. Ribbit. It’s spring — when a young frog’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.

Fun fact we just learned: The only frog in the world to actually go “ribbit” is right here in the Pacific Northwest. It’s called the Pacific chorus frog, and Washington made it the official state ...

Turns out, most frogs in the world don’t ribbit. Most of them ‘croak’ instead. Jake Skorheim and Shari Elliker try to figure out the difference. And it’s a chance to highlight one very special frog ...

Your piece on the Pacific chorus frog was a nice tribute to this amphibian survivor and its champions (HCN, 3/21/2011). Mention of its “ribbits” — only males call — deserves amplification. In 1951, ...

Not long after the snow melts a procession of peeps, trills, chuckles, chortles, snores and bellows begins in the mid-Michigan outdoors. These are not the sounds of humans recovering from serious ...