which he likened to the pedestrian tunnels beneath Ocean Parkway that lead to Long Island’s beaches. Now, species like the wood frogs, spring peepers, and grey tree frogs can thrive rather than ...

She became a household name when she was cast as movie star Ginger Grant in Gilligan's Island, which debuted in 1964, and while it only ran three seasons, it spawned several TV movie sequels as well.

When her time is up, she’ll head home. None of the children will have any idea that Ginger from “Gilligan’s Island” — in real life, the actress Tina Louise — just spent the best 60 ...

On a chilly March morning a few days before the vernal equinox, an ensemble of spring peepers sang their steady high-pitched song from a shallow rain-fed pond in Middle Island. Wood frogs added ...

They captured a few frogs, took a closer look and soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Cophixalus flavopunctatus, or the yellow-dotted ... New Guinea, an island country north of ...

Frogs are currently hopping between seasonal ponds known as vernal pools for springtime feeding, mating, and exploring. But hundreds are being squashed into roadkill. A nature lover on Long Island ...

Darwin’s frogs, named after Charles Darwin, who spotted them in 1834 while exploring Chiloé Island in Chile, take an approach to parenting that is unique among amphibians: Males rear their ...

It’s not exactly what it seems. Just as the orange gators carry the tint of coastal clay, the “rare yellow alligator” on Kiawah Island is a wearing a thick layer of seasonal pollen.