INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Avoiding eye contact or wearing a fake wedding ring may be common tactics in avoiding unwanted attention by the opposite sex for humans, but other creatures make more dramatic ...

British biologists have taken a leaf out of the literary Doctor Dolittle’s book and started talking to their animals. “We have been croaking to our tree frogs for about two weeks now. They respond and ...

In the wild world of nature, where an organism’s sole aim is to succeed at passing on their genes at any cost, it’s not surprising many species have aggressive, and even deadly, mating behaviors. But ...

Male túngara frogs croak from shallow puddles to attract mates. But new research finds that their love songs have a dark side: They create ripples that attract the attention of frog-eating bats. And ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - How does the Japanese tree frog figure into the latest work of noted mathematician Steven Strogatz? As it turns out, quite prominently. "We had read about these funny frogs that hop ...