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News

  • Something Wild Celebrates 25 Years on NHPR

    Dave Anderson, Chris Martin, Jessica Hunt
    March 10, 2023

    This week marks the 25th anniversary of Something Wild on NHPR.

  • Sophie Suggests: What to Watch this Winter

    Sophie Oehler
    February 28, 2023

    In a cinematic slump? Check out these nature themed movie and TV titles recommended by one of our own!

  • Forest Journal: Birdfeeders Attracting More Than Birds This Winter

    Dave Anderson
    February 26, 2023

    With forest food absent, wildlife patterns change.

A Big Night Coming

Anna Berry, Dave Anderson
April 7, 2022
Wildlife
A spotted salamander in leaves.
A spotted salamander. (Photo: Scott Hayes)

It's time for nature's annual spring party...  BIG NIGHT is TONIGHT!
Stay off the roads. Listen from front porch. Wood frogs and peepers will be calling and the spotted salamanders will be pouring from the woods into the wetlands to breed in vernal pools. Exciting!
(You would be too if you only bred once a year.)

Watch this video Dave Anderson made during the 2020 Big Night for a peek into a vernal pool during breeding season:

Learn more:

Here are more resources from Big Nights of the past.

  • Something Wild radio show/podcast: Is this Salamander a Plant or Animal? Yes
  • Something Wild: Frogs are A-Courtin'
  • Something Wild: If it sounds like a duck, it might be a frog
  • Forest Journal: Faith in the Future, by Dave Anderson
  • Forestry Friday: Vernal Pools and Forestry, by Gabe Roxby
  • Pee-eep! Pee-eep! Pee-eep! (Translation: Spring!), by Dave Anderson

 

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