SCIENTISTS have made a bizarre discovery about the sex lives of European common frogs. According to new research, females from the species Rana temporaria have a tactic they use to avoid mating.
She’s just not that into you” isn’t a sentiment that male European common frogs seem to understand—at least not during ...
When you think of an animal playing dead, especially in North America, you probably picture the Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), commonly known in the region simply as a possum. It’s such an ...
An ancient swamp in Germany was a sex death trap for hundreds of frogs 45 million years ago, a new study shows. Researchers have analysed frog fossils found in the Geiseltal area in central Germany, ...
Scientists found frogs “explosive breeding” in Sabah, Malaysia, and identified the first record of an invasive species on Borneo Island. Photo from Evan Quah via Quah, Dukit, Joseph and Imbun (2025) ...
As night settled across a large island in Southeast Asia, several golden creatures gathered near a puddle and began “calling very loudly” as part of an “explosive breeding” event. The sound caught the ...