The frogs had been calling all evening, but at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, about sundown, the chorus came on full th The green frog, with an occasional call sounding like the plunking of a banjo string.

Many creatures can be found in the milkweed, from monarchs to milkweed beetles, from aphids to lady beetles. Birds, such as the yellow warbler and the indigo bunting, often use milkweed seeds as ...

All male frogs sing to attract mates, Maggie said, noting that each species has a distinctive song — the duck-like quack of the northern wood frog, the watery snore of a pickerel frog, and the ...