Male green treefrogs attract mates with loud calls, but new research shows parasites can subtly change those signals.
Scientists suggest female frogs listen for changes in the male calls as a signal for when it's warm enough to mate.
Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns – from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to ...
A new study reports that city frogs sing more complex and attractive songs than their country cousins. Urban frogs can get away with producing more conspicuous mating calls, which are preferred by ...