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An Army of Frogs, a Knot of Toads: Spring means a big night for amphibians
By     |    May 23, 2020
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An Army of Frogs, a Knot of Toads: Spring means a big night for amphibians

You can hear them on a mild spring night: what sounds like a flock of ducks, quack-quacking from a nearby freshwater pool. But these are no ducks; instead, they are Wood Frogs, calling out to invite females to have a mating swim in the pool. Wood Frogs are typically the first inhabitant of the pools heard in the springtime, even before the more popular Spring Peeper toad. It means that […]

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BioBlitz 2013: The Year of the Flood (Sort of)
By     |    Jun 16, 2013
Posted in: BioBlitz, Central Fall Middle School, frog, Natural Science, RINHS, Roger Williams Park Zoo, snakes, URI     |    No Comments

BioBlitz 2013: The Year of the Flood (Sort of)

“Every great scientific theory starts out by wandering around in the mud and the rain.” David Gregg, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Natural History Survey stood precariously atop a folding chair. Dressed in his trademark bush hat and fly fishing vest, his lanky frame looked out over a crowd of people dressed in waders, fancy foul weather gear, plastic-bag-cheap ponchos, shorts, boots, and sandals. The faces were smiling, but […]

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