Most male frogs want their mating call to stand out from the crowd, and they do that by calling when nobody else is. This makes sure that the females hear them loud and clear, and know where they are.

Audio will be available later today. The male tree-hole frog is a one-inch-long fellow that lives in the rainforests of the southeast Asian island of Borneo. He's not much on brainpower, but he's ...

An Australian snake employs a special feeding behavior to avoid poisoning by toxic frogs, reports The American Naturalist. University of Sydney scientists Ben Phillips and Richards Shine found that ...

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A frog leaps as a Minotaur V rocket carrying the LADEE lunar probe lifts off Sept. 6 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The photo of a frog apparently leaping into space with a NASA moon ...

Some frogs trick their male competitors with a theatrical leg kick. A new study digs further into why the unusual gesture may have evolved. By Sabrina Imbler The male Bornean rock frog cannot scream ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Now you see them, now you don’t. Some frogs found in South and Central America have the rare ability to turn on and off their nearly transparent appearance, researchers report ...