Female red-eyed tree frogs are more than twice as likely to select a mate if they can feel the vibrations of their call instead of only hearing it. These small, bright-green frogs (Agalychnis ...

In the scientific world, this could be groundbreaking. Even Nobel Prize-worthy. I may be living proof that there is such a thing as xenoglossy. For nontechnical readers, xenoglossy is the sudden ...

An international team of researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs that make otherworldly calls in the rainforests of Madagascar. Their strange, high-pitched whistling calls sound ...

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 ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. Today's question comes from Andy, calling from Dover, New Hampshire. Alejandro Vélez: That is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In California's high mountain lakes, male frogs are in a race against time with only three weeks to find a mate before the water ...

As the world warms, a bug-eyed, warty, foreign frog has leapt to new heights of ecological and urban annoyance in Florida, a new study shows. So as the infamous Cuban treefrog nudges out Florida's ...

In California's high mountain lakes, male frogs are in a race against time with only three weeks to find a mate before the water refreezes. Their croak speed is a precise thermometer that tells ...