You don't have to look far to find some pretty amazing courtship rituals.

Ready or not October is here, and it's a month full of dramatic change in the natural world. This week's commentary takes stock of what's coming (and what's going).

How do you count frogs and toads? Tag along with Rob as he joins a local science teacher to hear what's happening at the Middle Fork River Forest Preserve one night in early July.

In much of Illinois heavy rains in late February and early March trigger an astonishing and ancient natural phenomenon—the annual congregation of amphibians in the waters where they breed.