Weekly Puzzler Answer #80
Did you have any guesses as to the identify of the animal making this strange sound? Would you be surprised if I told you it was from a kind of
Weekly Puzzler Answer #56
This HUGE sound is made from a very TINY frog, a spring peeper, one of our earliest to start calling in the spring. Their latin name is pseudacris crucifer. The
Weekly Puzzler Answer #54
Most people who heard the singing and looked to find its cause, identified this amphibian as a frog. The sound however is made from an American Toad–Bufo americanus– a creature few
What Salamander Turns Bright Orange as a Teenager?
Last week my two nieces and nephew were here visiting from Colorado and though we did a lot of fun things during their visit, at least for one of them,
Does Touching a Toad Give you Warts?
I’m not sure where the idea began that touching a toad could give you warts, but like many of the things we think we know about nature, it is just
Weekly Puzzler Answer #5
If you reached into the water and lifted out those long, spaghetti-like strands, you would find they look a bit like this, here on the right. Each tiny black dot is
Can You Find the Frog?
A recent post was about spring peepers… can you find the peeper in this photo?