A number of hearing aids are now able to amplify one person's voice while filtering out distracting background voices. Well, it turns out that female tree frogs are able to perform a similar task, in ...

To find her mate amidst a cacophony of frog croaks, groans, squeaks and trills, a female green tree frog just needs to take a deep breath. “We think the lungs are working a bit like some ...

Female American green tree frogs use their inflated lungs to dampen the mating calls of other species so they can pick out the ones from males they may mate with. Male frogs use mating calls, ranging ...

For frogs, love is noisy. Each spring, swamps, marshes and ponds across the United States become the amphibian equivalent of raucous singles bars as a host of damp-skinned hopefuls from many species ...

Grab fast and hang on for hours. A fierce grip is all the courtship finesse a male frog needs in species that reproduce in frenzied mobs. Female European common frogs, however, have at least three ...

A tree frog: female (larger individual below) laying eggs, which are protected by the 'foam nest' and male (smaller individual above). When it comes to laying eggs, tree frogs have some unusual habits ...

Frogs are fascinating creatures, known very well for their unique hopping movements and distinct croaking sounds. What can set frogs apart from other animals in the animal kingdom is their ecological ...