Like graduates thumping the bar at Schoolies, Darwin's green tree frogs well and truly made themselves heard on the weekend amid the early arrival of seasonal rains. For many local residents, the ...

But by summer, when the young frogs are slowly growing, the concert at the pond ends—or does it? Some frogs continue to croak ...

British biologists have taken a leaf out of the literary Doctor Dolittle’s book and started talking to their animals. “We have been croaking to our tree frogs for about two weeks now. They respond and ...

Male túngara frogs croak from shallow puddles to attract mates. But new research finds that their love songs have a dark side: They create ripples that attract the attention of frog-eating bats. And ...

Female green and golden bell frogs in Australia will eat their male counterparts when the males' mating call displeases them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Avoiding eye contact or wearing a fake wedding ring may be common tactics in avoiding unwanted attention by the opposite sex for humans, but other creatures make more dramatic ...

Male frogs often force females to mate with them, but in one species, a croak from the female seems to persuade males to leave her alone. The sound may be an “honest” signal that she isn’t fertile and ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - How does the Japanese tree frog figure into the latest work of noted mathematician Steven Strogatz? As it turns out, quite prominently. "We had read about these funny frogs that hop ...