The first time I heard the chirping, at dusk, I thought it was an odd species of nocturnally active bird. The chirps were high-pitched, like the sound of a basketball player’s sneakers squeaking ...

MOSS BLUFF, La. (AP) — Fifth-grader A.J. Williams of Moss Bluff already has a scientific publication to his credit. The 126-word-long geographic distribution note in “Herpetology Review” reports that ...

It's the next generation -- of tree frogs. A new species was discovered in Madagascar and named for having "Star Trek" like cadences. Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection Beam me up, froggy. Deep in ...

Scientists followed a chirping sound in a Madagascar forest to a “secretive” creature and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Walking through a dark misty forest in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jumping spiders, a striped gecko and a chirping frog are among more than 50 new species discovered in Papua-New Guinea, the environmental group Conservation International ...

(Albany-AP) --The retching sound of the Eastern Spadefoot Toad and the monotonous jug o'rum call of the bullfrog are featured on a new C-D devoted to the romantic bellowing of frogs. The ...

Walking through a dark misty forest in Madagascar, a team of scientists followed a “distinct” chirping sound to its “secretive” source. The calling creature had “large” hands and “long” legs. It ...