Scientists suggest female frogs listen for changes in the male calls as a signal for when it's warm enough to mate.
Male green treefrogs attract mates with loud calls, but new research shows parasites can subtly change those signals.
Across the animal kingdom, sound is more than communication—it's a signal of survival and success. From birds and primates to ...
East Central Illinois FrogWatch program allows the C-U community to track frogs and toads in the area, contributing data to help scientists.
On warm spring nights across North America, male frogs belt out their distinctive mating calls from ponds and wetlands. But those chirps and croaks may not just be pickup lines. They might partially ...
Drawing parallels with other species, not naming names, the voices of female frogs are being drowned out by their much louder male counterparts – so much so we only know how 1.4% of the ladies ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An American bullfrog pokes its head out of the water. (Photo by Karsan Turner for Iowa Capital Dispatch) Several times each summer ...
A new study reports that city frogs sing more complex and attractive songs than their country cousins. Urban frogs can get away with producing more conspicuous mating calls, which are preferred by ...
THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — The scientist traipses to a pond wearing rubber boots but he doesn’t enter the water. Instead, Brad Hollingsworth squats next to its swampy ...