Frogs can indeed scream, and this high-pitched screech is an incredibly smart defensive tool against predators.

This is an efficient tool to throw predators off a frog’s trail. As these amphibians have evolved, they’ve learned to use sound as a defense mechanism. A rain frog’s scream isn’t ...

Besides burning thousands of homes and displacing residents, the January fires, like earlier ones, upended the natural ...

In the soft, wet light the lichens and moss on the tangled clumps of buffaloberry along the river were screaming green and ...

When the winter snow melts and the spring rain begins, vernal pools appear on the landscape. These ephemeral wetlands form in ...

Thomas, West Virginia, is an ideal launchpad for all kinds of outdoor fun. Read about where to stay, shop, eat and have fun.

The amphibians she studies — newts and tree frogs — probably sheltered in the stream during the blaze and, she hopes, escaped before the rain-fueled debris arrived. But just like mountain ...

Today we’ve got children’s picture books that emphasize kindness and anti-violence, and a new collection about New York from ...