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 ...

Male frogs often mistake other species, objects, and even lifeless frogs for mates, a mix-up known as misdirected amplexus. Learn why this mating mistake could be millions of years old. A shoe, a ...

Pair of Red-eyed Leaf Frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) mating (amplexus) (Picture: Getty/iStockphoto) Male frogs often try to mate with different species, turtles, fish or dead partners – and may have ...

Playing dead isn't the ultimate ghosting technique. Frogs use "tonic immobility" as a strategy to stay alive during mating ...

Well-preserved skeleton of a frog from the Geiseltal region, in Germany. The frog likely died while mating in an ancient swamp.D. Falk Scientists analyzed hundreds of frog fossils in Germany, at one ...

Scientists analyzed hundreds of frog fossils in Germany, at one of the world's richest fossil beds. Researchers concluded the frogs were likely killed while mating, solving a decades-long mystery. The ...

Dr Amber Teacher, studying a post-doctorate at Royal Holloway, University of London, has discovered evidence that a disease may be causing a behavioural change in frogs. The research, published in the ...

Mating frogs are croaking "day and night" in a 92-year-old woman's garden, leading neighbours to mount a campaign to remove them from the sleepy French town. A family of frogs has caused a ...

The Brazilian male frog is loyal to two female mates during the breeding season, despite being surrounded by a 'harem' of females, a new study reveals. Thoropa taophora frogs, native to the Brazilian ...

The research, published in the August edition of ‘Molecular Ecology’, has unearthed a surprising fact about our long-tongued friends: wild frogs in the UK may be changing their mating behaviour. Dr ...