STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - ALL SHORES - A robin or a phoebe. Crocuses or daffodils. The first sneeze. The harbingers of spring are varied and personal. For those who listen closely, it is a sound that ...

Zak Mertz holds a spring peeper frog, moments before setting it free next to a vernal pool in Weymouth, Mass. Inside the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth, Zak Mertz pointed to what he called a ...

The chorus of chirps and peeps fill the evenings each year — and it's a sure sign of spring. But what is making the noise? It's a type of frog called a spring peeper. Widely distributed in eastern ...