For a male frog wanting a mate, it is vitally important to stand out, to be heard in his declarations, for listeners to glean his meaning.
Kim Todd
Kim Todd's essays and articles have appeared in Smithsonian, Orion, Sierra, and Best American Science and Nature Writing anthologies. Her most recent book is Sensational: The Hidden History of America's 'Girl Stunt Reporters.
The Wild Things Live at the Airport
June 22, 2022 •
Snakes, frogs, eagles and owls thrive next to the planes at Bay Area airports.
Meet the Urban Osprey
June 21, 2018 •
Do these large, wild, fearsome fish predators prefer our built-up shoreline bristling with apartments, cargo ships, and manufacturing equipment? And what does it mean if they do?
Coyote Tracker: San Francisco’s Uneasy Embrace of a Predator’s Return
January 2, 2018 •
Coyotes have returned to San Francisco. Now, for the first time, ecologists are gaining insight into how and where these urban predators live.
The Disappearing Language of Sparrows
January 20, 2016 •
San Francisco white-crowned sparrows have their own dialects. As the city gets louder, those dialects are disappearing.