There may not be a more simple outdoor pursuit than frog gigging. All you really need is a gig, a light, a warm summer night, and a little determination. Having a couple of enthusiastic youngsters ...

Frog legs are one of nature’s delicacies. Contrary to some reports, they don’t taste like chicken; they taste like frogs. The white meat is sweet and succulent. They’re especially good when dipped in ...

Casey Neighbours has a tip for anyone new to frog gigging: be wary of lying eyes. Neighbours zeroed in recently on what he believed to be a big ol' bullfrog on a pond in Lebanon and was in for a big ...

Continuing her occasional exploration into matters of animals and human society, Barbara J. King takes a look at last week's NPR story on... Late last Friday afternoon, just about to relax into the ...

All frog gigging is fun, especially in Northeast Florida, with its multitude of lakes and rivers, backwater sloughs and swamps full of the good-eating amphibians. But I doubt there is a better way of ...

When Glenn and Candice Dedini moved their family from California to southern Indiana, their kids’ transition from city youth to “feral wood children” was swift and exacting. They had never even seen ...

City folk may not know it, but it's frog-hunting season in Oklahoma. Generations of Southerners have passed down the tradition of fishin' in the dark for Oklahoma's delicacy - frog legs - which taste ...

Late last Friday afternoon, just about to relax into the weekend, I checked NPR.org to see what was new and ran smack into a story about a cruel tradition here in the American South: frog gigging.