Yesterday (3/4 – Monday) was the first day I heard the “spring peepers” or chorus frogs. They are among the first sounds of spring. In the evening…I sometimes walk out to the end of the ...

This thumbnail-sized frog is the “spring peeper,” and hearing it fills me with joy. Every ditch and pool comes alive with peeper calls in February, as long as the weather is warm enough.

AUGUSTA (WGME) -- A tiny frog and a turtle could be Maine's next official state amphibian and reptile. On Monday, the Maine Audubon Society spoke in favor of two bills to make the spring peeper as the ...

Before the frogs and toads come out, there will be virtual and in-person training to become familiar with the research project and with the calls to recognize.

These frogs are the wood frog, pictured above; the spring peeper; the gray tree frog; and the similar Copes gray tree frog.

The bills will advocate or the spring peeper to become Maine's state amphibian and the wood turtle to become Maine's state ...