They used to be classified in the same family as what we call tree frogs, like the Grey Treefrog (another great noisy animal) in genus Hyla, but have been recently reclassified to the genus Pseudacris ...

Male green treefrogs attract mates with loud calls, but new research shows parasites can subtly change those signals.

Bone claws, oxygen-absorbing “hair,” and hands-on frog dads. Meet the hairy frog (or wolverine frog), one of nature’s strangest amphibians.

The genus Gracixalus belongs to the family of Old World Tree Frogs and is geographically dispersed from Myanmar and western Thailand to Laos, Vietnam, and further to southern China. Despite the ...

University of Michigan study finds noise harms birds' health in many ways, including their ability to reproduce ...

As winter fades and spring arrives, Connecticut’s wetlands, ponds, and forests come alive with the calls of frogs and toads. These amphibians are an important and often overlooked part of the state’s ...

In the scientific world, this could be groundbreaking. Even Nobel Prize-worthy. I may be living proof that there is such a thing as xenoglossy. For nontechnical readers, xenoglossy is the sudden ...

When the time is right, a good love song can make all the difference. A study from UC Davis found that temperature affects the sound and quality of male frogs’ mating calls. In the colder, early weeks ...

Climate change has become the secret wingman to male frogs, as experts discover a noticeable shift in their mating calls. Around 41 per cent of amphibian species are threatened with extinction, ...

When the time is right, a good love song can make all the difference. A study from the University of California, Davis, found that temperature affects the sound and quality of male frogs' mating calls ...

Some frogs produce calls that sound harmless or even comical, but these noises can play a critical role in survival. Scientists believe this squeaky, toy-like sound may confuse predators by breaking ...