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 ...

It's the next generation -- of tree frogs. A new species was discovered in Madagascar and named for having "Star Trek" like cadences. Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection Beam me up, froggy. Deep in ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a body the color of dead leaves and a black “mask” extending behind the eyes, the wood frog is unmistakable if you can actually find one. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON During a recent lecture ...

For the past week or so there has been a little tree frog somewhere on the west side of our house. Every now and then he will make that tree frog sound, and we'll wonder where he is. Both of us have ...

Frogs usually operate under our radar, but in late winter and early spring they leap to our attention as they let loose with their voices. Usually called Pacific tree frogs (although they aren’t true ...

Everyone that has ever heard a frog croak associates the sound with the word “Ribbit.” In reality, the natural noise that comes from a frog or toad is really more like a chirp. Thanks to the magic of ...

Male pug-nosed tree frogs confuse predators by overlapping their mating calls with those their neighbors. Purdue University / Henry Legett Male tungara frogs of Central and South America call out to ...

For us humans, having a conversation in a crowded room is challenging – it’s often called the cocktail party problem. The mix of sounds arriving at our eardrums needs to be analysed to pick out the ...