This is the time of year when our local amphibians will be migrating back to their natal pools to mate and lay eggs.

Alejandro Vélez: That call has two main functions. The same call helps to repel other males and to attract females. One of ...

Instinct plays a huge role in parenting, and humans can learn a lot from the animal kingdom. Helen Jukes, author of Mother ...

I was hearing a red-winged blackbird but seeing a common grackle. Which was fine. If I wasn’t excessively comfortable with ...

When handled, these treefrogs secrete a sticky toxin as a defense, which can be irritating to mucous membranes of people or ...

Frog-gigging can be one of the most exciting adventures available for outdoors enthusiasts on a late spring night.

Looking for the best things to do in Connecticut this weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to ...

The 'Y' is celebrating Easter early with the Easter Egg dive in the indoor pool. Kids had to try to grab as many eggs as possible to trade them in for prizes. The true quest was to find the ...

he said. "The toad tadpoles absolutely eradicate them all and they're not all that interested in frog eggs. "We seem to have ended up with these sort of quite large, relatively long-lived ...

The price of eggs has reached a record high in the US. The average price for a dozen eggs reached $6.23 (£4.82) in March, despite a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having outbreaks of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...