It’s the end of April and that means only one thing in Bay Ridge: it’s time for the return of the humming toadfish. The mysterious buzzing sound that kept half of Bay Ridge awake last year hasn’t ...

How do you know when a male toadfish is looking for love? Easy—just listen for the grunts and boops. Like some birds and frogs, toadfish sing to find a mate. In fact, if you didn’t know what to look ...

City Councilman Vince Gentile thinks he’s solved the mystery of Bay Ridge’s great hum-conundrum. But this columnist isn’t ready to award him a MacArthur grant. The lawmaker was obviously responding ...

WASHINGTON -- It's not exactly Tony serenading Maria in "West Side Story," but for all their homeliness toadfish also sing to attract mates. OK, singing may be a stretch; it's more of a hum. But it ...

This low hum is hardly ho-hum. People in the Stanwood and Camano Island area told The Herald in an Oct. 22 story about a bizarre low hum they were hearing that won’t go away. Since then, the story has ...