This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Jeff DelViscio. Today: part two of our three-part sound escape series to the Amazon rain forest. In this episode, we’re going into the dark. Make ...

On December 2, 2025, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, @crisojeeda shared a video capturing an unexpected encounter with a small frog. In the video, the author spots a frog on the ground at night, producing ...

When it comes to frog noises, most people’s knowledge basically begins and ends with the word “ribbit.” Should anyone want to change that sad reality, Smithsonian Folkways is here to help. The 75-year ...

Bret Thelen carefully cradles a couple hundred wood frog eggs. After a long and frigid winter, the sound of spring peepers singing from beaver bogs is a welcome one for New Englanders. But before ...

Aptly named because it’s such a momentous occasion in the world of salamanders and certain frog species, “The Big Night” at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday recognizes salamander migration to ...

Once the last glimmer of light slipped below the horizon, the east marsh in Vero Beach came alive with the sounds of all of nature’s night creatures, as if in sync with a biological time clock. As we ...

The 12 new species include the meowing night frog, whose croak sounds more like a cat's call, the jog night frog, unique in that both the males and females watch over the eggs, and the Wayanad night ...

Some of the smallest known frogs were recently discovered following a five-year survey in India. Seven new species of “night frogs,” in the Nyctibatrachus genus, include four species that are among ...

NEW DELHI -- Years of combing tropical mountain forests, shining flashlights under rocks and listening for croaks in the night have paid off for a team of Indian scientists which has discovered 12 new ...