Everyone that has ever heard a frog croak associates the sound with the word “Ribbit.” In reality, the natural noise that comes from a frog or toad is really more like a chirp. Thanks to the magic of ...

This is an audio recording of the distinctive "ribbit" call of the Pacific chorus frog (28 seconds long, MP3 file, WAV file available on request). This noisy frog is a potent carrier of a deadly ...

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts Why are frogs thought to go ...