They say you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find the prince, but some female frogs are opting out. This post from thetinderblog explains how female frogs have found a way to exert control over ...

(CN) — Female frogs have the uncanny ability to block out unwanted sounds, which comes especially handy during the ribbeting spring mating season. Around April frog habitats become a chorus of mating ...

Humans aren’t the only beings that “ghost” in relationships. When invertebrates and vertebrates fake their own deaths, it's usually been observed as a tactic to avoid predators. Female frogs, however, ...

The Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is well known for its ability to play dead when under threat from a predator. It's such an iconic scene that anyone or anything feigning death can be said ...

Male frogs commonly coerce female frogs into mating, but some females have come up with ways to avoid harassment – including playing dead. Many frog species, including the European common frog (Rana ...

For years, scientists believed that female frogs had little control during the chaotic breeding season, especially in species where hundreds gather in a short span of time. But a new study has turned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dittrich told Snopes via Zoom that Rana temporaria is an "explosive breeding" frog, meaning that they reproduce in a brief window ...

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 ...