Columbia, MO – When it comes to love songs, female tree frogs are pretty picky. According to a new study from the University of Missouri, certain female tree frogs may be remarkably attuned to the ...

New research out of the University of Missouri shows that when it comes to female mate preference in a certain species of tree frog, there may be more than meets the eye. Females may actually prefer ...

The eastern grey tree frog (sound) looks exactly like the closely related Cope’s grey tree frog (sound). The big difference between the two species is beneath the surface—the eastern has twice the ...

When it comes to love songs, female tree frogs are pretty picky. According to a new study, certain female tree frogs may be remarkably attuned to the songs of mates who share the same number of ...

Male tree frogs like to 'see what they're getting' when they select females for mating, according to a new study by Dr. Michael Reichert from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the US. His work, ...

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 ...

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.

Drawing parallels with other species, not naming names, the voices of female frogs are being drowned out by their much louder male counterparts – so much so we only know how 1.4% of the ladies ...

Molly Albecker conducted a tree frog survey in the salty marshes near Bodie Island Lighthouse, but she didn’t think she’d find any frogs. The doctoral candidate and her East Carolina University ...

Two related frog species differ by chromosome number, which deepened one species's calls and tells the females who's who. Steve Mirsky reports The eastern grey tree frog (sound) looks exactly like the ...

Male tree frogs like to 'see what they're getting' when they select females for mating, according to a new study. This research is among the first to test the importance of vision on male mating ...