The rains are here and the frogs are calling. Listen in, as Ramit Singal lets us in on a few surprises
by
Amrita Gupta
Most of the time, frogs are heard more often than they’re seen. Other frogs rely on these calls to identify them. So do frog researchers. In this podcast, we speak to Ramit Singal, recorder of frog calls, to find out how and why frogs make calls, when we’re most likely to hear them, and what they even mean anyway.
'Tis the season for frog calls. Learn more in this podcast.
Amrita Gupta is a multimedia journalist and editor with over ten years’ experience reporting on food, agriculture, climate, and the environment. She leads communications at the Agroecology Fund. Prior to joining the Fund, she worked with Nature in Focus, BBC Good Food, Mint newspaper, and Time Out magazine in India. She has documented the effects of climate change on agrarian communities in the mid-Himalayas for Earth Journalism Network, and was long-listed for a One World Media Award for highlighting under-reported stories from the developing world. Amrita has a Master’s in Food Studies from New York University. She lives in New York. She tweets as @rainb0wt00 and posts as @sunshower123 on Instagram.