Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You can hear it in the morning and the evening. It comes from trees, behind bushes and under leaves. Ribbit. Ribbit. Ribbit. It’s ...

Saxitoxin, a neurotoxin released in algal blooms, has killed many people on the West Coast who've gathered shellfish that ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Spring peepers, among the first frogs in this region to call in spring, are more heard than seen. Only about an inch in length, they are among local species counted by volunteers in FrogWatch USA.

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There is not anything more exciting than catching a bass on a topwater bait. Of all the options, a frog may top the list because of the excitement of that big mouth exploding out of the vegetation. I ...

It’s spring — when a young frog’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. OK, we can’t say for sure if frogs have the same emotions as humans, but the chorus of croaks coming from the swampier areas ...