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 ...

Grab fast and hang on for hours. A fierce grip is all the courtship finesse a male frog needs in species that reproduce in frenzied mobs. Female European common frogs, however, have at least three ...

While "ghosting" is a popular method of ending a relationship with a potential suitor for humans, female frogs take that concept to the next level. In a phenomenon dubbed "tonic immobility," a recent ...

Some frog and toad species are explosive breeders. This means they have short reproductive periods, requiring them to gather in large numbers to mate. Hundreds, possibly even thousands, of animals ...

A greenish frog slightly larger than a quarter and donning a black Zorro mask recently started begging female frogs to have sex. Which means, ribbit season is about to erupt across the Inland ...